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Ingram left with $1000, a return ticket and aguarantee of later funds from the AustralianCouncil of Churches. This promise would grow intothe Black Woman's Action in Education Foundation,which now accepts tax deductible donations inAustralia...
Despite all, I am optimistic about the future. Once a solid system of law and law enforcement is established, once the economic outlook becomes more positive and people become more confident, the economy will grow, there will be more jobs, more opportunities and a higher standard of living. Young Bulgarians will be less inclined to immigrate and the well-educated Bulgarians from abroad will be more inclined to come home. Until then, as they say here, may God be with Bulgaria...
...professor had asked Tommy in 1973, "How are we going to work in the deep ocean?" Fourteen years later, his answer had produced a 2 1/2 ton submersible "that eventually would grow to six tons, with nine mechanical arms, some having as many as 11 segments," along with video and still cameras, strobes, thrusters, suction picker and collections drawers, all controllable through 8,000 ft. of complex cable. Thompson's driving intellect pushed the technology, and his flatfooted, no-blarney confidence persuaded a consortium of Columbus businessmen to put up very large chunks of money. By the summer...
...Mainland China will find it very difficult to maintain the nationalism and hegemonism that it relies on now for its rule. Society on the mainland will become more pluralized. In that case, cross-strait relations will grow closer than at present...
Greenberg is a bit of a ham, but even he had to cut off interviews about Viagra after the requests threatened to grow longer than the S&P 500. Earlier, his much larger gifts--to the United Jewish Appeal, the Widows and Orphans Fund, the New York Public Library, among others--had elicited almost no attention. Known to be a pushover for a hard-luck story, he got this idea from a newspaper. "I saw an article saying that at $10 apiece, a lot of impotent men wouldn't be able to afford it. So I said, 'Kathy [his wife...