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...serfdom. Cattle feudalism was the basis of the system. The hapless Bahutu were forbidden to own or kill cattle; they could get beef only when cattle died of natural causes. Each Watutsi's wealth, prestige, and political position were measured by the size of his herd, and every cow was regarded as a sister in his family...
Spreading Graves. By this point the reader sees that Novelist Singer, beginning his account amid cow dung and human bestiality, has subtly led his tale away from the kind of reality that is composed of what is probable and what is worldly. As the novel continues, it is legend. Wanda dies in childbirth, and her screams reveal her as a Gentile. Jacob is arrested, but escapes and travels with his infant son to Palestine. In his old age, Jacob returns to the village where Wanda died. He finds that her bones, buried in unconsecrated ground, have been surrounded by spreading...
Harvard has traditionally avoided anything of vocational use, no one will criticize the for this. There should be a a strictly liberal arts college American educational system, with the Cornells and Michigan the bastions of hotel management and cow culture...
Heaven for Educators. Parker permits such progressivisms as a science teacher bringing a live cow to class because "city children rarely see one." It shuns conventional marks through the eighth grade. And yet, the school heavily emphasizes the three Rs, beginning in prekindergarten. First-graders read the newspaper, and second-graders get daily drills in public speaking. Science has always been strong; college math and physics have been offered for years...
...reason why it could not be stepped up in size. Big-brother VTOLs carrying Skybolt air-to-ground ballistic missiles (TIME, April 27) could be securely hidden on small fields in such small, crowded countries as England or The Netherlands. Taking off from any road or cow pasture, most of them would be full of fight after the most searching surprise attack...