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...these problems, Manning did demonstrate confidence and control over the choreography, and as a result could concentrate on mastering her technique. The effects of these efforts were clear as she moved her torso in and out of body waves with ease, balanced in arabesque without flinching, and seemed to lengthen her arms every time she lifted them. In addition, Manning used the famous white skirt with ruffled edges to her advantage--charging her figure with momentum as she maneuvered rapid figure-eight turns in the last few minutes...
...whether students would be willing to relinquish three-day weekends or start school earlier in order to lengthen Thanksgiving vacation, winter break or reading period...
...Central Security Force, the 250,000-man group created by former President Anwar Sadat to control such disturbances. This time, however, that option was foreclosed: the marauders were themselves members of the police force. About 8,000 police conscripts, angered by rumors that the government planned to lengthen their low-paying tour of duty, abandoned their barracks and took to the streets. For the next two days, mobs of civilian troublemakers and looters, including Muslim fundamentalists and leftist students, joined the rioting policemen. It was the most serious domestic unrest to confront Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak since he took office...
...study for finals, the student population adopts a perturbing distortion of life which almost suffocates the individual. The quality of life and spirits of students precipitously drop during reading period. More than any other time, students surrender control of their lives to Harvard. Now, the CUE plans to lengthen that awful limbo that haunts students twice a year...
...society can exist, of course, without placing some restrictions on its members, and it's also true, no doubt, that the list must lengthen as economies become more complex and citizens more interdependent. But, recognition of that necessity, coupled with the original liberal premise that the state exists to maximize the real freedom of its members, should make us the more loathe to accept any limitation that is not essential to preserving some good greater than liberty...