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...Faculty of Arts and Sciences has not yet seen fit to add courses in highway safety to its curriculum. Rather, the occasion is a morning section of English E, "English as a Foreign Language," Harvard's answer to the needs of many foreign students and faculty members seeking to hone their oral and written skills in the English language...
...mother or father. Two years later, a High Court judge reinforced this decision by issuing a certificate of legitimacy for Geoffrey. Not until after John Russell succeeded to his title as the third Baron Ampthill in 1935 did the redoubtable Christabel finally divorce him. He later married Adeline Hone, a vicar's daughter who bore the young John Russell...
SALT. Limiting strategic arms remains the elusive goal of the SALT talks. At the semiweekly plenary sessions, the American and Soviet negotiating teams will be trying once again to hone an accord from the general guidelines adopted by Ford and Soviet Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev at their Vladivostok summit last November. There the two leaders agreed to limit their nations' arsenals to 2,400 strategic weapons each, of which 1,320 could be armed with multiple warheads, or MIRVs (multiple independently targeted re-entry vehicles...
...raquetwomen will now hone their skills for the upcoming Greater Boston championships on October 19th and 20th. Captain Muscatine said she was wary of a "tough singles draw" in the event, but said that Radcliffe had a "very good chance" for the team title...
When Southern Cross arrived in Newport, Bond rotated skippers to hone their competitive edge; he did not name Jim Hardy captain until July 28. The promoter brought to Newport Gretel II, Australia's ill-fated challenger from 1970, to serve as Southern Cross's sparring partner, and a retinue of 41, including three of his own sailmakers. Should there be a protest during the race, Bond is ready with a rules expert and lawyer, plus a video-tape camera to record all races for replay. "Expert advocacy," says Bond, "is as much a part of racing...