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Enduring Feudalism. Even without guerrilla warfare in Eritrea, Haile Selassie's ancient empire is haunted by grave troubles. Its 25 million people, a fusion of Semites, Hamites, Nilotics and Bantus, have an average per capita income of $63 per year (one of the lowest in the world). Only 7% can read. Nine out of every ten Ethiopians are subsistence farmers, and 60% of these are tenants on feudal estates. Cities are haunted by bands of beggars and thieves...
...standing o'er the Persians' grave...
Dana Cotton, Acting Dean of the School of Education, and the others who were responsible for routinely acceding to the State Department's request that Sioris be made welcome at Harvard have committed a grave offense against the University. Their affront to the faculty and students of the University, not to mention the people of Greece, can hardly be made up for by an apology, but this at least they...
...committee would consider two types of cases. The first category includes faculty members accused of "grave misconduct or neglect of duty," and administrators charged with "grave misconduct." According to University Statutes, such offenses can result in dismissal...
...Yalu? Among Hanoi's backers, Lam Son stirred a predictable frenzy but no definite response. The operation also stirred grave fears on Souvanna Phouma's part. What if the invasion, like MacArthur's drive to the Yalu in Korea, alarmed Peking enough to send Chinese troops into the war? Last week Nixon sought to salve Peking by emphasizing that the Laotian thrust posed "no threat" to China...