Word: consisted
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unlike that of Walt Whitman's captain, the fearful task of American scholarship will never be done. Sixty-nine years after Whitman's death, a squad of 14 scholars is at work on a projected 14-volume edition of his collected writings. The first two volumes consist of 707 letters handsomely printed and annotated, and apparently not so much as a postcard to a landlady has escaped. It is a curious collection, not only for the Whitmaniac or the addict of Americana, but for all who find interest in what a genius talks about when...
...Chinese Communists' entire hard-currency reserves are believed to consist of some $300 million on deposit, largely in Soviet bloc banks-not even enough to pay the Canadians. To raise money, the Chinese Communist authorities borrowed a technique developed by the Russians in the hungry 1930s. Overseas Chinese, presenting hard currency in Hong Kong banks, can buy special coupons to send to their hungry relatives in Communist China, where gratified recipients can exchange the coupons for flour, blankets and hams. Desperate Communist officials are scouring the countryside for hoarded silver coins and old jewelry, which can be melted down...
...Then, in a small, careful voice, she sings My Buddy or Till We Meet Again. Afterward the actors go back to stalking each other. But next season things will be different, and Dorothy's role will be fattened. Before long, if things go right, The Roaring 20s may consist of 50 minutes of Provine and five commercials, with screen credits superimposed on a shot of the St. Valentine's Day massacre...
...Radcliffe. Leisurely meals attended by both faculty members and students are the heart of the Harvard House system, and unless Radcliffe adopts a substantially similar pattern, its Houses may well fail as communities. The dining hall will become especially important at Radcliffe, because all of its Houses are to consist of several separate buildings. The only thing binding each community will be its common eating facilities...
...rest of the crew will probably consist of four juniors and two sophomores, all in their first year of varsity competition, with senior Jim Rosenstein calling the signals...