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While Blount has often left routine negotiations on construction contracts to lieutenants, he himself followed the mammoth Saudi project. He jetted to Riyadh more than 20 times over 18 months to work his Southern charm on the sheiks...
...coming decade threatens to be a damaging one for higher education. Like every segment of society, colleges and universities must contend with mammoth costs brought on by rampant inflation. The past 20 years have been an era of growth for higher education. Now, too many institutions will have to complete for a tighter market of students because of a drop in the college-age population--a large portion of which is cynical about the value of a degree in a world marked by rising tuition and cab-driving Ph.D.s. Compounding these problems is the Reagan-Stockman offensive against federal spending...
...Puts your tax dollars and mine to mammoth militarism...
...region of silence and solitude. Cars may roar to Mammoth or the hot springs, less than ten miles away over the Tioga or Paiute passes. Toward the valley, pack trains and jeeps carry food and linen to the "High Sierra Camps" operated by the Yosemite Valley concessioniers. To the east, boyscouts and campfire girls pound dusty, mile-wide paths to the toilet-equipped camps beneath Mt. Whitney. But in the interior, the quiet is enveloping. A hiker of the trail may see no one for days, and those who visit the glacier lakes speak in whispers...
...whole scene was intensely Princeton. Mammoth, hollow, damp Jadwin Gym, where no Harvard basketball team has ever won. Well-orchestrated cheers performed by a smartly dressed crowd of 3000. Eight Bouncy, blonde-haired cheerleaders, who all looked alike. And flawless Princeton defense, which combined with a disciplined, well-coached set offense to blow the Crimson right out of this small New Jersey town...