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Said the broadcast: ". . . To all brave pilots who wish to free themselves from the Communist yoke and start a new, better life with proper honor . . . you are guaranteed refuge, protection, human care and attention. If pilots so desire, their names will be kept secret forever . . ." Escaping pilots were told to fly at 20,000 feet to Paengnyong Island off Korea's west coast, lower their wheels, waggle their wings. U.N. pilots, they were promised, would escort them to Kimpo Airfield, near Seoul...
...Bibi, and she stood tense and terrified among them while they debated what to do with her. "Kill her," advised a Sikh refugee from Pakistan, "just as they slaughtered my children in Lahore." A man of piety disagreed: "Convert her to our holy religion and let her marry a brave Sikh boy when she comes...
Four Crimson 150 pound crews brave rough water this afternoon as they face one Tabor and two M.I.T. boats in the Charles River Basin. The freshman first and second shells row at 3 p.m. against the Tabor varsity, followed by the J.V.'s race against the Tech J.V.'s. The Crimson varsity is off at 4 p.m. against the M.I.T. varsity...
Considering the somber economic picture before him, these were brave words from the President. Though tin has been nationalized, the tin companies have not been compensated. Until U.S. shareholders are satisfactorily reimbursed, the U.S. is unwilling to sign a long-term contract for tin. The Bolivian economy, lopsidedly dependent on tin income, is near collapse. Unable to get permits to import raw materials, the textile industry has sharply curtailed production. Foodstuffs, normally imported, including wheat, meat, rice and sugar, are in critically short supply. Teachers are pressing for cost-of-living pay increases. The government has had to print more...
...should be. Yeats wanted his plays performed before a small group for good reason. They are delicate weldings of poetry, music, and dance--all in a mystical world existing only in the minds of romantic men. The plays extol the hero Cuchalain and with him all brave deeds and fearless men. They reject the objective intellect--the only intelligence that exists for them is that of cunning or wise counsel in the art of war. The mind alone, the scholar, the academician, even the satirist is not mocked or belittled--he just does not exist. The play On Baile...