Word: maps
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...especially lucky to have Duvall as his star. Duvall's aging face, a road map of dead ends and dry gulches, can accommodate rage or innocence or any ironic shade in between. As Mac he avoids both melodrama and condescension, finding climaxes in each small step toward rehabilitation, each new responsibility shouldered. With a lot of help from his friends, Duvall makes Tender Mercies the best American movie of the new year...
...eastern-most city in North Dakota Grand Forks (see map) lies on the banks of the Red River of the North. "That's the Red River of the North so as to differentiate from the Red River of Texas." Haggerty jokes...
...leaders were released last week as a conciliatory gesture, it seems unlikely that their movement will soon simmer down. Thus far the dissidents have not called for independence for Assam, but separatism is never very far from the surface. One group even boasts its own flag, a green map of Assam with a mailed fist in the center. Except for a narrow passage, the state is separated from India by Bangladesh. Since ancient times, its ethnic and cultural ties have always been closer to Burma and Tibet than to the rest of India. In tribute to their proud and independent...
Most of the expelled workers chose to make the 275-mile trip to Accra overland and their journey was often a nightmare. Separated from Nigeria by the narrow countries of Togo and Benin (see map), Ghana is ruled by Flight Lieut. Jerry Rawlings, who seized power for the second time 13 months ago. Rawlings had ordered all his borders with neighboring countries to be closed last September in an effort to wipe out smuggling and assuage his own fears about an external coup plot said to involve foreign mercenaries...
There is, however, the occasional clever or intentionally funny letter to Harvard that restores, some faith in humanity The Harvard Gazette once had 1 photo of a Houston area development map which was using some Harvard Square area names for streets. An observant, clever, or bored writer indicated to the News Office that 10 of 15 of the Harvard names were on dead end streets...