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...Harvard University Police will offer rides throughout the campus for students unable to reach the shuttle-buses or to obtain escorts, according to an interim report of President Bok's Committee on Crime, released yesterday...
...assimilated into the American mainstream--attempted to tap outside governmental resources for aid. They initiated a number of programs in adult education, health services, and social services. Well-educated, this group was able to work effectively and was able to articulate the needs of the community well enough to obtain some financial support. Another group of younger people, also well-educated and bilingual, were also active in this effort. Today many community programs are operating. The Chinese Community Health Center, now supported by many outside sources, is the result of this local initiative. There are now many language programs...
...family's debts, Kieu sells herself into concubinage and is tricked into becoming a common whore in the house of a ruthless madam. Thereafter Kieu is ravaged, reviled and degraded by a host of villainous men and women. At last, after a rebel warrior who helped her obtain revenge is killed, Kieu throws herself into the Ch'ien-t'ang River. She is rescued by a Buddhist nun and finds peace in the contemplative life-only to be reunited unexpectedly with her family and her first love, a young nobleman named Kim Trong, whom she weds...
McNamara said he and Corcoran will continue to negotiate with Texaco and will "spend hours on their knees" if necessary to obtain extra gasoline. Referring to probable snowplow cutbacks. McNamara said grimly. "If we have a snowstorm this month, we'll all be dead...
Before purchasing anything, however, you should obtain Stereo Review's annual Directory and Buying Guide, which contains summaries of features and specifications for all products, accompanied by helpful "how-to" articles. Then visit your local hi-fi dealers to listen to his equipment. Don't let your dealer demonstrate an inexpensive turntable by playing it through a $1000 Marantz amplifier and Bose speakers--insist he hook it up to other equipment in your price range...