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Giant (6 ft. 7 in.), likable Lawyer and Writer Pierre Marcilhacy condemned Gaullist foreign policy, argued that "a great country like France can not allow itself to be alone in the world." Marcel Barbu, an unknown watchmaker from Nanterre, pleaded for better housing. He put up the $2,000 deposit to become a candidate (refundable only if he can poll 5% of the vote) only to air his pet grievance. "It's cheap at twice the price," he explains, noting that he will get $500,000 worth of free radio and television time...
...special pattern of rupture. If the victim is set on fire after death, the tendons, which are destroyed quite readily when a man is burned alive, for unknown reasons resist incineration. If the victim is thrown into water after death, the water will not reach the heart and there deposit algae, as it does whenever a man is actually drowned...
...United States has refrained from endorsing any specific plan, but officials are known to favor deliberate creation through the 103-nation International Monetary Fund, of a new unit of exchange -- a kind of demand deposit with a world central bank -- which IMF officials could distribute to meet the needs of world trade...
...American men know how to wash dishes. Shortly after we arrived we gave another demonstration: how to boil water to make it safe. Once boiled, we strained it through a cloth to get the mud and dust out, then passed the cloth around so everyone could see the dirt deposit that was left. All in all an excellent job by J. He is very capable and devoted...
...Aviv office of Israel's Chief Rabbi Isser Unterman, twelve black-coated rabbis solemnly recited their afternoon prayers and then sold several thousand acres of Israeli farm land to a smiling Arab sheik in return for his promissory note for 500,000 Israeli pounds. In exchange for a deposit of $17 down, the rabbis handed over legal ownership of the property to Abdullah Abu Kishek, then toasted the transaction with soda...