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...their part, the gangsters still seek to defend themselves as a traditional part of society. Speaking last week in the outskirts of Kobe under the eyes of police guards, one local gang boss out on bail defiantly described the yakuza as "lotus flowers on a sea of mud." Said he: "We're flotsam of society, but we're dedicated to our own code of honor at the cost of our own lives. If I as a boss didn't control my boys, the city would be worse off-call us a necessary social evil." Increasingly, it appears...
...temple of Mut had been investigated sketchily by earlier archaeological expeditions. But the Brooklyn Museum, which was granted an exclusive concession to excavate the area in 1975, is the first institution to launch a systematic study of the temple grounds. The 25-acre site is surrounded by an ancient mud brick wall nearly four meters (twelve feet) high in places, and is connected to the larger temple of Amon by a sphinx-lined avenue believed to have been constructed by King Tutankhamen...
Workers will complete the $32,000 renovation of the Dunster House court-yard--a renovation that has temporarily transformed the area into a mass of mud, bricks, and growling machines--in about two weeks, a spokesman for the construction and landscaping company renovating the courtyard said yesterday...
...guilt by association" that characterized the red-baiting tactics of Senator Joseph McCarthy in the late 1940s and early 1950s, Eagleton charged that "here in 1977 we have a newer technique-guilt by accumulation-every day someone will hurl a charge at Mr. Lance and a little bit more mud gets on the character and reputation of Mr. Lance." He criticized Ribicoff and Percy for spreading the vague claim that Lance had been accused of new illegalities-but never revealing what they were. In a closed session of the committee, the two leaders briefed the other Senators on what they...
...road network to support even the relatively small number of cars already on the highway. Most of the 860,000 miles of highways are poorly graded and/or potholed; 90% of the system is unpaved. During the spring thaw, fully 70% of the entire network becomes an impassable river of mud. According to Pravda, 40,000 miles of new roads must be built or improved by 1980, but road construction is still lagging far behind the rate of increase in traffic...