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...Sabbaths. All non-Buddhists are guaranteed religious and political protection, but Buddhism will be taught in state schools and teacher-training colleges. The biggest change: Buddhist sabbath days, which roughly correspond to the four phases of the moon, will be official holidays during which offices, schools and all bars must close...
...benefits were already familiar to the West, but many a Russian family that now shares a congested small flat with one or two other families might take heart from the Kremlin's firm assurance that "during the 19705 every family, including newlyweds, will have comfortable apartments which will correspond to the demand for a hygienic and cultured life." But to reach even this minimum level, the current rate of Soviet construction would have to be trebled-an improbable feat...
...course will offer three sections. Two will roughly correspond to this year's Ra (translation) and Ca (conversation and composition). Students in the third, or intermediate section, will concentrate on improving their aural-oral skills and at the same time on increasing reading speed and comprehension. Under the present system, Ra is conducted in English, Ca in Spanish...
Switch of Allegiance. The Specials were governed by the same rules that applied to the 300-odd newspaper correspond ents covering the war for the North, and the rules were often sternly applied. Harper's Weekly was banned for carrying maps of Union siege works between Virginia's York and James rivers. After the first Battle of Bull Run, in July 1861, British Artist Frank Vizetelly, sent over to cover the war by the Illustrated London News, incurred the wrath of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton by writing too candidly of the Union defeat: "Retreat...
Years of Crisis (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Edward R. Murrow once again moderates CBS's year-end roundtable of correspond ents called in from all over the world to discuss the great events of the past year...