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Some English teachers labor under the illusion that college students speak English. Dr. Lalia Phipps Boone of the University of Florida knows better: she keeps her ears open outside the classroom. In American Speech she records the exotic gab used by her students when they stop talking for professorial consumption...
Though there was talk of a "peace scare," Wall Street agreed that the market was due for a technical correction after a headlong rise from last spring, saw the break as an opportunity for earnings and dividends to catch up with soaring prices. The drop was accelerated by news of...
The U.S. Government last week took an old-fashioned ax to the next generation of U.S. military aircraft in what may well be the start of a new cutback in aircraft and missile programs. The Air Force announced that it was abandoning plans to produce high-energy boron aircraft fuels...
Exciting the jaded tastes of record buyers is becoming increasingly difficult, and one approach is the dazzling package. Example: RCA Victor is releasing good versions of such standard items as The Barber of Seville, The Marriage of Figaro, and The Force of Destiny (monaural and stereophonic) in impressive boxes with...
The Four Seasons also has food. From goose to mousse, it has one of the highest-priced-and most exotic-menus in high-priced Manhattan, in league with Chambord, Le Pavilion, Colony, Brussels, "21." A typical dinner for two, from Sweet and Sour Pike in Tarragon Aspic ($2.25) through Piccata...