Word: manne
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This year, the story goes, Germany was ripe for recognition (Thomas Mann, in 1929, was the last German citizen to win). The other colorable candidate was Gunter Grass, author of the savage satire, The Tin Drum. Böll's triumph may well be due to a line in Alfred Nobel's will that recommends that the award go to writers of "idealistic tendency." Deep compassion for the ordinary man abounds in Böll's books...
Furthermore, we do not understand why Professor Mann's statement about Professor Seferi's teaching ability appears at all in the context of a discussion about the Urban Field Service. Hopefully, we can separate a discussion about the Field Service as a particular kind of field work experience from a personalized discussion concerning the teaching abilities of its director...
Firm in its resolution to replace Frisoli, the School Committee began its search with a list of 200 applicants By early June the School Committee majority was at a stand will over two candidates. Wylie and Gesell supported Hartford School Superintendent Medill Bair while Acker mann and Pierce the only black member of the committee favored Cheatham...
...Philip Bailley's world has collapsed. He stands indicted in U.S. district court on 22 counts of morals offenses, including prostitution procurement and violation of the Mann Act. The charges reportedly involve inducing into prostitution secretaries and office workers on Capitol Hill and one Government woman attorney (who was fired when the case broke...
Daume's concern about the Olympic housing rule was curious. For one thing, the rule has been broken before; in Mexico in 1968, for instance, West German Millionaire Josef Necker-mann, who won gold and silver medals in dressage, stayed at the luxurious hotel Maria Cristina. For another, it has never been the U.S. Olympic Committee's intention to house Hunter (providing he makes the team) behind bars. In the past year, Hunter has represented the U.S. in Colombia, Britain and the Soviet Union without being locked up in local jails between bouts. South Carolina's Manning...