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...Sins." All Laotians are careful to propitiate the phis (malignant and mystic spirits of the earth and sky) and nagas (dragon spirits who inhabit rivers), but the prevalent Lao tian faith is Buddhism, with its strong emphasis on harming no living creature. Some medical men attribute the lack of aggressiveness among Laotians to disease rather than Buddhism or innate gentleness. Malaria, yaws, gonorrhea and kwashiorkor (an often fatal protein deficiency) are common; an estimated 50% of Laotian children die in childbirth or infancy. But to all disasters of body or soul, pious Laotians murmur in the words...
...since then. But--to coin a phrase--the more things change the more they remain the same. In the 1930's the chief campus concern was: how many goldfish can a college student swallow at one sitting? Today, the great question seems to be this: how many students can inhabit a telephone booth at once? (A connection between the booth and the fish also arises from the fact that buthia is ancient Greek for "water animals...
...specific gravity of the students (not to be confused with the density of the students or their specific levity). Recalling, however, that the human body floats in water and therefore has a specific gravity of less than 1.0, we must conclude that it is impossible for 33 students to inhabit one phone booth. Q.E.D...
...eight-year history. Consisting of many exhibits and a wide variety of stage events, the Festival was scheduled to close June 21. But a freakishly persistent cold and drizzle kept many thousands of people away. So Mayor Hynes and the Park Commissioner consented to allow the exhibits to inhabit the Public Gardens an extra week...
...Algeria will be pacified. This will come thanks to a general effort by all those who live there to succeed in a profound transformation of this country in order that all its sons-I say all its sons-can determine their fate and the fate of the lands they inhabit...