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...vanished. Then the region was dominated by the fierce, nomadic Dakotas, a branch of the Sioux that had formerly been of minor importance. Archaeologists of the Smithsonian Institution, racing to beat the great dams rising along the Missouri, have been excavating Indian sites on the river bottoms. They now confirm the old tall tales...
...Lawrence. The students are a homogeneous group--a little too similar and politically unconscious according to some of the faculty--and they like Pusey's restrained manner. "We're not sophisticated here," one girl said, and the undergraduates pitching pennies in front of their fraternity house seem to confirm her view...
...Lawrence. The students are a homogeneous group--a little too similar and politically unconscious according to some of the faculty--and they like Posey's restrained manner. "We're not sophisticated here," one girl said, and the undergraduates pitching pennies in front of their fraternity house seem to confirm her view...
Despite the potentially explosive nature of the hearing, harmony and outspokenness won the day. When the questioning ended, even Senator Symington and Admiral Radford shook hands. A few hours later, the Armed Services Committee unanimously recommended that the Senate confirm all four new members of the J.C.S...
...Archbishop laid in her hands the Sovereign's Sword-to "do justice, stop the growth of iniquity, protect the holy Church of God . . . restore the things that are gone to decay, maintain the things that are restored, punish and reform what is amiss, and confirm what is in good order." The Queen took the Sword, advanced with it to the altar and offered it to God. Turning, she stole a glance at the royal gallery, where her 4-year-old son Prince Charles, in a white silk suit, watched enraptured. She paused and returned to the chair...