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Conceding that monetarist policies to this point have failed to alleviate Britain's woes, Frost maintained they have played no part in the distinct downturn of the economy in the past year. The attempt to control inflation by tightening the money supply--cutting public spending and raising mid-range interest rates--has not worked, resulting only in 16 per cent interest rates, an economy mired in quicksand, and what promises to be a cold and turbulent winter...
...variety of Eastern colleges until, in 1962, he went north to take over as offensive coach of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger Cats. The Canadian game etched itself in Restic's football mind. A peculiar, high-scoring hybrid, the CFL employs a set of rules distinct from either the pro or college game. The field is longer and wider, 110 by 75 yards, as opposed to 100 by 55 yards here; each team gets only three downs; more than one man in motion is allowed before the snap. In short, razzledazzle. Remember that word. Restic...
Adept acupuncturists can differentiate six separate pulses in each of your wrists, or a total of 12 distinct beats. Each of the 12 pulses corresponds to 12 meridians, or energy paths, that course through the body running from legs and arms to head. These 12 meridiens in turn, correspond to 12 organs...
...October of 1777, Cambridge again played a part, this time less glamorous--after Gen. Burgoyne and 5700 men surrendered at Saratoga, the colonial leaders decided to deport them. While they were waiting for ships home, the men were quartered in Cambridge. Officers lodged with civilians, to the distinct displeasure of some crowded patriots. As the war drew to a close, Massachusetts leaders gathered in Cambridge to draw up the Bay State's constitution, a document that later served as a model for the United States Constitution...
They are handicapped, of course, by an ignorance of our language which often seems to denote a degree of diffidence and unaggressiveness that is easily mistaken for lack of energy, acuteness and ambition. For this reason also, their life has remained slightly distinct and colonized...