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Those who have heard both Brel and Stone know that Elly is more than an interpreter of the composer; she is a soul sister whose versions often excel those of their creator. That is fortunate; it will be some time before Jacques Brel recrosses the Atlantic. He professes love for Americans in America, but he will not pay a visit to the U.S. until the war in Viet Nam is over. He is-literally-Up in the air about his present career. He has but one important possession, a private airplane, in which he darts about the Continent...
...Cochran, one of the 40 now attending Northeastern, said. "But police are becoming more educated overall. It used to be that policemen learned by experience only, and they did a beautiful job. But now there are more well trained officers, and there is more competition within the department to excel. Education can have an enormous effect as far as changing viewpoints is concerned...
...girl can major in a field she enjoys but could never excel in or spend time sampling many different fields without having to waste her time fulfilling useless requirements. In this age of increasingly necessary specialization a women's college may remain the only place where a true liberal arts education can survive. Perhaps the noncareer oriented woman is the only person who can afford to be well-rounded...
...autobiography This Life I Have Lived, she explained that all her life she wanted to do things better than anyone else. She liked to win, and, to insure success, she trained hard for whatever contest she entered. But it was not only in sports that Babe Zaharias strove to excel. While in school, she had to make a dress in sewing class and determined it should be the best. Her dress was the winner of the State Fair of Texas. She also won a gold medal in school for the best speed in typing...
While other Europeans may excel in joie de vivre, the Germans find their joy in Arbeitslust - the seemingly insatiable desire to work, no matter what. That partly explains why West Germany's 26 million workers hardly ever strike, and why Germany's economy and currency have gained such envied strength. In Bonn, the Federal Statistics Office has reported that only 36 strikes occurred in West Germany last year. The number of striking workers was 25,167, of whom 23,836 walked off the job for less than a week, many for just a few hours. As a result...