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...good. "We're trapped," sighs a committee member. There is laughter around the table, but no one doubts that keeping the alumni happy is worth it. After all, they pay for Brown's quality. Peter gets an "A 83"-A for admit; the 83 warns that a lop-off is still possible when Rogers re-examines legacy applications in April. The committee moves on to "John": "Third in his class, 730 verbal, a genuine interest in history," says Committee Member Steve Coon, "and he can hit the long ball...
...mile Soviet-Chinese border, which is bristling with 44 divisions of the Red Army. Soviet troops could strike into the frozen, inhospitable terrain of Sinkiang, but a more likely target is Manchuria, China's industrial heartland. Analysts hopefully discount an air attack on China's nuclear faculty at Lop Nor as a "doomsday" option, one perhaps favored by Moscow's military brass, but not by the Politburo...
...bachelor bulge." Tucked away in a few paragraphs of a 100-page government study is startling information: in the 20-to 24-year age group, British males now outnumber females by 1.3 million to 789,000. In the prime marriage years, 20 to 34, the ratio is even more lop sided: there are 800,000 extra males. For the rest of the century, women will hold the upper hand in the marriage mart. Says Government Demographer Eugene Grebenik: "Women will not have to be so worried about being 'left on the shelf because they will be in short supply...
...sixth slot, Chuck Elliott sent Armando Garza-Sada home to slide rules and calculators early as he won the lop-sided match, 15-5, 15-7, and 15-8. John Fishwick only gave up eight points in all of his short-lived outing against Lloyd Benjamin. In the words of Manager White Ford, Fishwick "gave him the donut," scoring a 15-0, 15-5, 15-3 whitewash...
...changes the meaning of Iphigenia's death: apart from showing her dissolve into a screaming little girl, when the play leaves her toweringly resolute, her death has become meaningless--she should never have climbed those stairs in the first place. If you thin about this entire movie; best to lop it off mentallyand forget it as quickly as possible. This leaves th performances. unvaryingly superb and thrillingly animated...