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...weakened by the flood is not yet apparent nor will the damage to paintings and frescoes incurred by the change in humidity be known for many years. In addition, all wood panels, furniture, sculpture, and intarisa may swell unevenly and crack as a result of the saturated atmosphere or partial immersion. A piece which was touched only at the bottom by the moisture may split all the way to the top as a result of this uneven swelling, and much of the paint might chip off. Cheese cloth and rice paper can be used to hold the paint in place...
...contests, the race issue had a partial but by no means decisive influence. Reagan was helped in California by white reactions to riots in San Francisco and to open-housing laws, but he owed his election primarily to his "time-for-a-change" theme, his charismatic personality and skillful oratory. Though he advocated open-housing legislation, Chuck Percy profited both from white indignation over last summer's Negro demonstrations in Chicago and from Negro resentment over their sluggish progress under a Democratic city machine. But his real margin of victory was the contrast between his youthful activism and Paul Douglas...
...consent of both sides." He was always on good speaking terms with Ansara (and therefore privy to most of SDS's plans), but his primary purpose was to protect the Institute and insure the success of its program. There was a good reason why he should have been partial to the Institute: Gordon himself had worked out the framework for the Institute's undergraduate activities during the previous year...
...some time next fall, the library should be in partial operation, according to Ackerman. It will probably be located in the Boston area...
...drunken U.S. sailor made off with a mail truck in Naples and hit eight cars. In the process, he injured several Italians and a New Jersey tourist named Shirley Shapiro, who still has only partial use of her legs. After a Navy court-martial, the sailor went to prison for ten months. As far as the Italians were concerned, the U.S. Government was prepared to consider their claims for damages. But Mrs. Shapiro was unable to collect a dollar, much less a lira...