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Despite such disappointments, living in a small town offers some special Wilsonian satisfactions. It is pleasant, he notes among other things, to have the cemetery so close, "where I can look up family dates." Yet his memory of Talcottville as "a clean and trim settlement" soon proves out of date. Some of its houses are "tumbledown" and "squalid," its citizens "ambitionless." Highways are closer and larger. Birch Society posters recommend impeaching Earl Warren. Teen-age motorcyclists ride across the lawn and drink on Wilson's porch, forcing him to scare them away "with a roar and the ancient...
...chest. General Mohammed Nmichi, commander of Morocco's air force, was killed, as were three army generals and two Cabinet Ministers. At least 100 people were wounded including Saudi Arabian Ambassador Fakhri el Adhr and the King's brother, Prince Moulay Abdullah. Hundreds who had expected a pleasant summer outing were terrified and scattered for cover...
Despite the loss of potential jobs and tax revenue that more heavy industry would bring in, Delaware will probably not suffer much from the ban. The state has long attracted industry with its favorable corporation laws and its lack of a sales tax; now it also virtually guarantees a pleasant quality of life. As a result, Delaware may actually entice more corporate headquarters and light industry than ever before. Sums up Governor Peterson: "We can afford to be selective...
Black Brandeis? Apart from providing instruction and pleasant memories, how well has the institute succeeded in inculcating "Jewishness" and good citizenship? Sociologist Gene N. Levine of U.C.L.A. surveyed some 1,500 alumni and found that the Brandeis effect actually seems to grow as the graduates acquire more responsibility as family heads and in the community. The most important benefit singled out by the alumni lies in what they teach their own children, many of whom are now getting formal Jewish schooling. But there seem to be other good results. Of the married graduates, only about 2% have been divorced...
...Ballet, Choreographer Frederick Ashton has literally given Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter a new dimension. Jeremy Fisher the Frog, Peter Rabbit, Jemima Puddle-Duck, Mr. Fox and Co. spring and caper like Steiff toys given the spark of life. Around them spreads England's green and pleasant Lake District from which Beatrix drew her inspiration...