Word: following
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...mistakenly equate illiteracy with lack of intelligence. When the pill regimen is explained to illiterate women, they apparently follow the instructions even more faithfully than many middle-class American women...
...vast, hostile, sealed-off country, as we have noted before in this space, is an exercise akin to wartime intelligence work. With only one North American correspondent (Canadian David Oancia) and a handful of Western reporters at work in China, it is necessary to monitor radio broadcasts, meticulously follow the Chinese press, interview diplomats and businessmen who have recently emerged from inside. Hong Kong is the main center for this activity, but other busy China-watching posts include Tokyo, Washington, London, Paris, Vienna, and the Communist capitals of Eastern Europe. The most startling sources of news are the huge wall...
...self a divorcee. Happily, however, the question may not be put to her. There is another way out: the earl and his lady may marry without royal consent if he first informs the Privy Council of his intentions, then waits one year. Or the earl may follow the example of George III's own sons, marry-and damn the consequences. Either way, said London's Evening Standard, would be a satisfactory one of dealing with "one of the most ridiculous anachronisms of the British monarchy...
...filmed by Universal Pictures, NBC was in gleeful possession of at least the No. 2 and 4 ratings among all the movies shown this season-topped only by ABC's incredibly popular rerun of a movie-movie, Bridge on the River Kwai. With five more such originals to follow-at a cost of $750,000 to $1,000,000 apiece-NBC is all but assured of the only conspicuous new success of the year...
...college, rather than the fund-raising pros, must nail down the donors. Operating on the rough rule that 90% of most drive proceeds will come from 10% of the donors, schools work on their wealthiest friends first. Early announcements of big gifts often entice other affluent donors to follow suit, although the approach has its hazards. One Midwestern multimillionaire kept complaining when a college stalled its announcement of his $100,000 gift; school officers could not tell him that they had expected $10 million and feared his example would induce every potential $100,000 donor to scale down...