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...More like a popular novel," she said dreamily, her head resting against his cheek. "The hero is on an important mission for his country. He is warned by the girl. They are attracted to one another, but duty calls him home, and they never see each other again...
...that much larger than her U.S. counterparts but substantially more muscular. Their sexual identity, like that of all women competitors, had been officially confirmed by the Olympic "femininity control clinic" (a simple chromosome test that involves taking cells from the inside of the cheek is used, but many women athletes still find the idea of such examinations offensive...
Tongue firmly in cheek, The Economist of London chose last week to publish a Declaration of Dependence, suggesting that Britain might be better off reunited with "our American Brethren " as the 51st state. Among the magazine's grievances against the present government: "They have repeatedly and cruelly increased the Price of stamps, thereby effectively levying a Stamp Tax; they have reduced the Value of the Pound to just about 1.776 Dollars, which is an excessively Bicentennial Figure." The Declaration acknowledged past differences ("What if we did burn down Washington in 1814? Jimmy Carter, at least, ought to approve...
...Long-suffering Uncle Tom was the embodiment of a Christian virtue-turning the other cheek. It was not until the mid-1950s that the virtue officially became a vice in the eyes of black militants...
...prize--which is in effect the Economics graduate students' evaluation of their professors--will be awarded every year until 1985 when Galbraith's seed gift of $50,000 is exhausted. "I think he gave the prize in something of a tongue-in-cheek spirit," Karl E. ("Chip") Case, head tutor of the Economics Department, said last night...