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...caters to anthropology students. Lack of funding prevents it from staying open any later than 9-to-5 Monday through Friday, but its overstuffed chairs attract a crowd anyway. The history library in Robinson Hall and the philosophy library in Emerson are cozy and quiet like a well-stocked den, but they may get hot this summer when the breeze dies down...
...John" in that conversation was Balthazar Johannes Vorster, 63, Prime Minister of South Africa for twelve years and its President for the past nine months. The speaker was General Hendrik Van den Bergh, former head of the Bureau of State Security (BOSS); his testimony is included in the third and unsparing final report of a commission appointed to investigate corruption and legal irregularities in the government of John Vorster, who in 1977 led his National Party to the greatest electoral victory in its history...
About then the Secretary got an invitation to talk to the Detroit Economic Club. In the past, aspiring Davids have found that their stones merely bounced off the skulls of those Goliaths who make cars. In that den, lions get eaten by the club members...
...impact of the rainstorms, but fewer people were endangered. Also hard hit by springtime flooding were parts of Texas, Minnesota and North Dakota. Fortunately, there was little loss of life. Though saddened by the destruction, a Jackson couple were philosophical as they waded up to their waists in the den of their home. "These are just material possessions," said Elsie Defore to her husband. "We still have each other...
Then, having moved in with each other, Vera and Joey trill contentedly, "In our little den of iniquity...We've separate bedrooms; one for play and one for show." If one were to look for a central theme of "Pal Joey," a Wagnerian leitmotif, if you will--it would have...