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...Also, a $2-$4 increase in term bill will lose significance in the face of the seemingly inevitable $500 increases which roll along every year. Additionally, it is much more convenient to procure toilet paper from a House store-room than to have to run to a distant supermarket when one is in need. In the sake of equality, all students should receive the same services for the same...
...elaborate new training aid, using lasers, allows tank crews to practice with live ammunition on their own bases rather than on distant firing ranges. The increased drills have sharpened the skills of tank gunners, who now receive a top rating for being able to hit between three and five targets in 20 seconds...
...common thread that binds their thoughtful expositions is that successful leadership is a state of mind Leadership a speech; it is a hundred decisions, not a single act. Leadership is a march down a long road, not always in a straight line, but always directed to ward some distant landmark. Finally, leadership involves total belief and commitment...
Namo started to force his way toward a distant department that he had not yet checked out, and to get there he decided to take a short-cut through ladies' lingerie. I sensed trouble, but it was no use. He struck out as though he were a bulldozer blazing a trail in the woods, knocking over women with his wide shoulders...
...strewn with refugees seeking safe harbor. "The flow is so great," reports TIME Correspondent Richard Bernstein, "that countries in the area are becoming increasingly reluctant to accept new arrivals, even temporarily. And as the tide of refugees rises, it is straining the ability-and the willingness -of more distant nations to grant them permanent asylum...