Word: attending
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There will be open forum tonight in Burr B at 7:30 p.m. to discuss Professor Herrnstein's article on I.Q. Discussion and questions will follow several short speeches. It is still uncertain, but Herrnstein will probably not attend...
...sign posted outside the dining hall, which Stephens indicated had been placed there by the House Office, read "Members of the House who do not wish to attend this dinner are asked to eat at either Leverett, Lowell, Mather, or Adams...
...roughly $12. But the farmer pays only 1 yuan a month in rent, 60 to 80 for cigarettes and, as likely as not, nothing at all for books or magazines; despite the massive literacy campaigns, the majority of peasants are still functionally illiterate. The farmer's children, though, attend the commune school, where elementary math is taught in concrete, even ominous terms. A typical question: "How many guns have four militiamen each armed with two guns...
This approach turns off some sophisticates, but it is a demonstrable success. Some 3,000,000 fatties over the past 81 years have paid to attend one or more sessions; fees now are about $4 to register and $3 for each of 16 weekly classes. Many of those attending overeat out of loneliness and find the camaraderie and understanding of the weekly classes a more important aid to dieting than the injunctions to weigh all their food. Says Mrs. Nidetch: "Compulsive eating is an emotional problem, and we use an emotional approach to its solution...
They're all there: the lucky understudy, the reunited father and son, the aging star, the play within a play convention, the color, the team spirit, and True Love. Added to these is Mr. DeThrill, a Hollywood tycoon who for some unknown reason decides to attend a matinee in this particularly tacky town somewhere in the sticks of Britain. A new Busby Berkeley who sees in color instead of black and white, he imagines everything as it might appear on the Big Screen. Suddenly the confines of a stage are forgotten. His multiple vision transforms each girl into a bevy...