Word: lowe
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...PYRAMID, by William Golding. In a seemingly simple tale about a bright lad who sacrifices everything to escape his low origins, Author Golding explores his favorite theme, which holds that original sin is an anthropological fact...
With winter coming on, Jordan is almost frantically concerned about the 200,000 West Bank refugees who are crowded into makeshift tent camps throughout the country. Most of the camps have been moved from the frigid desert plateau that surrounds Amman (where the temperature at night dips as low as 15°F) to the Jordan River Valley, which is 1,000 ft. below sea level and 30° warmer than the plateau. The valley itself is a treacherous campsite, prone to flash floods and violent sand storms; at one camp last month, a sandstorm shredded more than 600 tents...
...banquet itself, however, verged on disaster. The confusion of the College Young Democrats combined with the histrionics of at least one member of the Harvard delegation contributed to the trouble, but the Senator's lack-luster speech was mostly to blame. It was just too low-key for the occasion, and more applause preceeded it than followed...
Princeton based its case on Rockefeller's achievements in state legislature and his commitment to the rights of the individual. "He has made major strides forward in civil rights, labor relations, aid to education, and low income housing," said Smiley...
Then two more passengers arrive: a pair of horrifying punks (Tony Musante and Martin Sheen) high on muscatel and low on decency. By turns wildly obstreperous and slimily cozy, they work their way up and down the car, baiting here, pummeling there, lucid only in their awareness of their own power to shock and paralyze. The numbed passengers can only respond in ineffectual cliches. "What kind of people are you?" screams one, all too aware of the answer. The Negro (Brock Peters), sensing in the punks' violence a kindred spirit, attempts to make friends, is brutally rebuffed, and finally...