Word: failings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...love gold. Anybody who has seen his fortunes dissipated by recurrent invasions, inflations and devaluations views gold as a safer haven than any paper money. Men die to dig gold out of two-mile-deep mines and then bury it in hermetically sealed vaults because, when all other currencies fail, gold can buy anything, anywhere. Particularly prized by political refugees, nervous dictators and indulgent sugar daddies, gold is eternal, objective and anonymous. Says U.S. Economist Sidney Rolfe, a 24-carat expert: "To an American, 100 shares of Xerox represents security. To a European, gold is security...
...Committee on General Education voted yesterday not to allow students to use the pass-fail option to satisfy basic Gen Ed requirements...
...Pass-fail has taken the curse off the requirement," Stein said last night. "Now no one will have to ruin his average with a bad grade in a language course." Both the German and Romance Language Departments voted in December to open all their elementary language courses to pass-fail students...
...haven't been defensive stars before. Washington Redskins Linebacker Sam Huff has been a popular figure for years, and Larry Wilson of the St. Louis Cardinals practically holds the patent on the safety blitz. But they are the visible parts of the defense. What six-year-old could fail to spot a blitzing safety man or cheer a cornerback's one-handed interception. The difference is that knowledgeable football buffs have now found a whole new pantheon of heroes in the heart of the defense: the front four linemen, the immense tackles and ends who fight their battles...
...understood that the reason for keeping the resolution secret was the Law School administration's desire to avoid division in the University community should the Harvard Administration fail to act. "This is considered a private affair between the Faculty and the Administration," one professor said...