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...Although there is a great want of money to procure the necessities of life, yet large sums are weekly laid out for amusements." Nonetheless, the new trend toward medicinal use of mineral waters has become as popular in America as at Bath in Britain or Spa near Liège, and the social quadrille is considered part of the treatment. Among the most celebrated spots...
...years old, my friend Dougy and I used to talk in the cafeteria lunch line about the TV shows we watched each night. TV was the only reason we were friends. He would come over to my house on weekends, and we would watch a horror movie on the GE television my great-grandmother had given me when I was eight. Once, when the channel selector knob on my parents' TV broke off, I used a pair of pliers to turn the rod around, proudly telling my folks what network they were watching as I recognized each show...
...teaching more than 50% of all the students enrolled in Afro-American Studies courses is a witness that we need him. The rapport that he has with students throughout the University also make him a very valuable member of this academic community. Most importantly, as specialist in Ge'ez (one of the most important classical and literary language of Africa), Ge'ez literature, and Ethiopian religious history with additional extensive knowledge of many other ancient languages and literatures, particularly ancient Egyptian and Arabic, as well as the history of the ancient Nile civilizations, Isaac is irreplaceable. Prejudice and ignorance...
...GE has already cut its PCB emissions to about 2 lbs. per day and is moving toward compliance with a federal permit that requires the company to lower them to 3.5 oz. by July of next year. The company has indicated that it is willing to help clean up the Hudson, and has offered the state some $2 million for river reclamation and research. GE has also asked New York to exonerate it for its PCB discharges...
...Though GE's offer is acceptable to some state officials, Reid objects to exoneration, feeling that the firm should be held responsible. Hearings that are still underway could resolve the question of GE's responsibility some time this week. But by the time they do, Reid will no longer be involved in the argument. Last week, citing the PCB problem as only one of his reasons, Reid resigned...