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...Duomo, they inquire: "Until what time do the stores remain open here?" In their "plastic garments," they occur in Ireland, where they say, "Pourdon me," and ask nuns to close a train window. Nor is England's most hallowed ground safe from the profane American. "Although they descend from people who could not succeed in Europe and furiously shook its dust from their feet, they have a sentimental feeling for ancestors. They even look for them in England, nurturing a strange belief that in some country churchyard Hoggefeller and Potemkine lie dust to dust with Hogward and Potkin...
...considering the freeway in relation to the landscape, the questions are: "Does it flow along the river smoothly, hug the slope naturally, climb the hill in a convincing way? Does it grasp the mountain firmly, jump the valley decisively? Or does it, on the contrary, climb a ridge needlessly, descend into a valley thoughtlessly, violate a lake brutally, cut up the landscape violently? Or is it simply trite...
...enforce them. For a Cliffie to take advantage of the protection the sign-out system supposedly offered her, she would have to designate a realistic time of return. But because the rules required that she be back by the time she designated, the wrath of the dorm committee would descend if she were late. The logical way of avoiding any chance of punishment was to sign out every night until eight in the morning. But this, of course, defeated the purpose of the whole system...
Seven sirens and three factory whistles will announce to the people of Cambridge that they have between 10 and 25 minutes to take cover. As students descend into the basements of Quincy House, Wigglesworth Hall, and Houghton Library, they will be predicating their action on the hope that the enemy missiles will not be aimed at Boston. The Faculty report noted that if Boston were the target the shelters would be useless (see graph), but if the enemy fires on missile bases and airfields, the basements will protect against the radioactive debris that will begin to fall about one hours...
Domenico (taking over): Affirmative. Make a turn to your right and descend. Get out about five miles from the end of the runway you are flying parallel to right now. and line up with it and be at 7,000 feet. We'll bring...