Word: exoduses
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...high-sounding advance testimonials that Worlds in Collision has picked up, few experts cared to waste much time on the Velikovsky theory. Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin of the Harvard College Observatory pointed out that there are records of detailed observations of Venus from at least 500 years before the Exodus. Said Dr. David Delo, executive director of the American Geological Institute: "Velikovsky appears to be bypassing all the sound, scientific observations of a multitude of geologists...
...little tale of pure terror. The short essays are lively, learned snippets from Graves's favorite golden boughs of etymology and historical myth, e.g., one of them traces an incestuous path down the lineage of Rome's haughty Caesars, another gets a hold on the book of Exodus, turns it upside down, shakes its patriarchal Mosaic to fragments, and finally puts it all together again in the image of Graves's inseparable muse, the so-called "White Goddess...
...mass exodus to Memorial Hall will take place at about 10:30 p.m., where beer by the keg and coke by the case will be served along with other refreshments. As part of the stag activities, the Smoker Committee is holding a beer chug-a-lug contest with one entry from each hall...
Blue & White Chips. What happened to everybody this summer was a sudden exodus of TV advertisers, plus an unexpected slump in the sales of receiving sets. Explained Charles G. Mortimer Jr., vice president of General Foods Corp.: "There's one big difference between radio's early days and television's: in radio you had a chance to get in the game [for a] stack of white chips-in television, for national advertisers like ourselves, it takes several stacks of blues to find out whether you've got a pair of deuces or a full house. This...
...January 28, 13 faculty members moved to organize Shipherd College, a move branded by Ashby "an ingenious device to attract public attention. . ." But despite the Board's granting of life tenure to a few teachers, the exodus was on. Three instructors resigned early this year. Another dropped out on March 1. Mobee and another teacher quit on March 2, two more on March 3, another on March 9, and another on March...