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Regardless of the reason for his ragged literary display, this Savit character, who I can't help but pray is as typical of the average Harvard undergrad as is "Gorilla Monsoon" of the typical Dartmouth student, was very blatant and irresponsible in his editorial accusations: 1) Harvard must be beaten by Dartmouth so that these New Hampshire "preppies" can "justify spending the rest of their lives in a cow pasture"; "Dartmouth fans, obnoxious at best and crybabyish the rest of the time. . ."; "Harvard's victory was so terribly depressing for the Dartmouths. . ."; "you have to wonder how they can stand...
Whether at a small dinner party or a formal campaign appearance, Moynihan is always on. Inflection and voice register change like a barometer in the monsoon season. Two long index fingers simultaneously punch holes in the issue of the moment. Or he puts on his leprechaun's phiz to explain pragmatism with a parable from Gulliver's Travels, recalling the Lilliputians who signified political faction by the height of heels and others who fought over opening the big end or the little end of a boiled egg. "Happy is the political society," he concludes with obvious delight, "whose...
Much of the relatively new course borders the Seekonk River, but McCurdy claimed that the runners couldn't tell if they were running on the river bank or in the river itself because of the "monsoon-like rain...
...make her trip to Moscow, her first overseas journey since the emergency began, is an indication that India is in many respects in surprisingly robust economic health. Thanks to a record wheat harvest of 114 million tons last year-which in turn was produced by the most beneficent monsoon in modern history-the country is enjoying a period of rare prosperity. As a result of a two-year-old tight-money policy and a very tough economic reform program imposed during the emergency, India last year may have been the only major nation in the world with a negative inflation...
...Monsoon. However bright India's short-term economic outlook may be, its political prospects are far less certain. If the new monsoon is normally heavy, if public order prevails, and if she can be absolutely sure that she and her party will be returned with a handsome majority, Mrs. Gandhi will call free-and presumably democratic -elections late this year or in the spring, and these elections will undoubtedly be accompanied by a relaxation of the strictures imposed during the emergency. This does not mean that Indian democracy will ever be quite the same again; the parliamentary system...