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...rdenas took over 395,000 acres of henequen (fiber) land in Yucatán and turned it into a vast government collective farm. It was the nearest thing to a Soviet-style Sovkhoz (state farm) outside the U.S.S.R. Cardenas called it the Gran Ejido to distinguish it from numerous smaller semi-collectives in Mexico's ejidal system...
...retained its "major" status ever since. Though no discredit to swimming, this incident illustrates the unfortunate arbitrariness of the present athletic letter system. A varsity letter shod primarily be a personal token of recognition which the College gives to a player. Only as a secondary function should a letter distinguish a player from the rest of the student body. But the policy of the Athletic Association has made the secondary purpose that primary one. It has distinguished between major and minor sports, on the basis of outside popularity rather than that of participant contribution. This emphasis upon the spectator contradicts...
Axle Grease & Antiquities. But a visitor to Rome can still drive into the Eternal City along the serviceable roadbed of the old Appian Way, now called "Appia Antica" to distinguish it from a more up-to-date Appian Way running in the same direction. The 20th century, like those that preceded it, has left its mark on the ancient road. Rome's busy Ciampino airport lies only 200-odd yards away. Near a group of ancient Roman tombs, Actress Silvana Mangano has built herself a spanking new Hollywood-type villa, complete with swimming pool. Across the way from...
Americans, it turned out, were not the only victims. The Japanese suffered from it, as had other Westerners, but they had failed to distinguish it from other types of asthma. So far, the researchers report the only treatment for Yokohama asthma is to get out of places like Yokohama...
...uniform House residence charge would emphasize the fact that students are paying for more than their rooms when they live in a House. the services that distinguish a House from a hotel the tutors, the libraries, the common rooms, the squash courts-are also the most expensive. A flat residence rate would answer the protests of millionaires who now object to paying "exorbitant rent for just an ordinary room." It would muffle the din of imagined injustices, while providing a substantial solution for the real hardship that varied room rents produce...