Word: buffaloes
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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When Nasser came to power in 1952, he used to insist that any renewal of war with Israel would detract from his most important task, raising the standard of living of his people. "In Egypt today," he complained at the time, "a water buffalo is more valuable than a human being. I mean, it costs more to hire a water buffalo for a day's work than it does to hire a fellah." Today the same holds true, though the price has gone up for both a man's labor (58¢ a day) and a water buffalo's hire (69?...
Super-star Ed Cott leads the Cornell nine in almost all departments. As a high school player in Buffalo. N.Y., the catcher led his team to an unprecedented three straight undefeated seasons...
...learning to organize as effectively as the robbers. Three years ago, Henry Petersen, the Justice Department's chief racket buster, created "Strike Force," a team of lawyers and investigators from different Government law-enforcement branches. The first group of twelve men was sent early in 1967 into Buffalo, N.Y. to blitz the firmly entrenched Mafia operation of Stefano Magaddino. Stefano's son Peter, in whose home agents found more than $500,000 in cash as well as a clutch of weapons, has been prosecuted, among others, as a result of their efforts. Similar Strike Forces have now been...
...reason for the popularity of the new degree, says George Smith, assistant dean of the University of Buffalo Law School, is simply "instant status"; a J.D. has learned nothing that an old LL.B. didn't know. Most schools have made the J.D. available retroactively to any alumnus who asks for it -and who pays a diploma fee that averages $25. Business is brisk...
...scientists would do well to study. Meanwhile, we who would be told about LSD must rely on books written by terrified people. The most apolitical and therefore potent threat waved before would-be acidheads is chromosome breakage. An experiment run a long time ago in a leaky warehouse in Buffalo found that one rat in ten got broken chromosomes after swimming in LSD, but it was later discovered that the microscopes used in the experiment were warped. Nonetheless, the authorities had all the ammunition needed. Their rumors drowned out the whispers of those who knew like an irresistible force running...