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Once upon a time, high-quality watches ticked, had mechanical movements (hand- wound or self-winding) and almost always came from Switzerland. But that was before the onslaught of Japanese quartz watches dealt a near deathblow to the Swiss industry. Now Swiss watchmakers, who survived by converting to quartz technology, plan to turn back the clock...
With spirits running so high and the crowds so thick, the total absence of violence up until Saturday bordered on the miraculous -- a testament to the skill of the demonstration's young organizers. "This was not an explosion from nowhere. This had been building for a long time," explains David Zweig, an assistant professor of government at Tufts University's Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Even so, he adds, "it is remarkable how unviolent it has been...
When I was co-editor of my high school newspaper, The Viking Venture, I was the only Black involved with the newspaper. The following year, five Blacks enrolled in the school's first-year journalism class. I hoped my visibility--I wrote a monthly column, Casey's Corner, which included my picture--had something to do with it. But I did not actively go out and recruit these people...
...there is hope for Phillip, my alleged middle brother Michael more than makes up for it. He joined the high school newspaper the year after I did. I've always believed that it was in an effort to rebut my "liberal Jesse Jackson editorials...
...dropped below replacement levels in the 1960s, and future trends are alarming because of the rising average ages of members. Moreover, note Roof and McKinney, while liberal congregations never excelled at converting nonbelievers, they used to attract a steady flow of "switchers" from other churches. Social-climbing gains by high-prestige mainline churches began to dwindle in the 1960s...