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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Pattan (pop. 10,000), which lies on the western bank of the Indus River in a bowl of snow-capped mountains, was completely destroyed. Across the river in the village of Palos, a mosque collapsed, killing 40 worshipers. A 25-mile portion of the Karakoram Highway caved in, while huge boulders blocked other sections...
...dozen feet. The newly discovered mine shows that the Bronze Age miners were far more skilled and adventurous than that. Located at the base of towering, 2,200-ft. red sandstone cliffs, the mine contains a complex, multilevel network of some 200 shafts and galleries. Although only a small portion has been excavated so far by Rothenberg's team, which included ten West German coal miners, the maze apparently reaches hundreds of yards into the mountain. Perhaps 1,000 workmen-or slaves-toiled inside the tunnels, most of which were no more than 2 ft. wide...
Schmidt, in his portion of the two-part memorandum, also theorized that in the eyes of some faculty members Bok's Stanford (rather than Harvard) background is a deficit, and advised him to soften the blow by channeling more of his messages to the University community through alumni in the administration...
Many groups and individuals, principally those who live near or frequent Harvard Square are concerned that an influx of tourists attracted by the museum portion of the Library will contribute traffic noise and air pollution to what they consider an already congested situation...
...rights. They favor replacing social security with a system of private old-age insurance. Another libertarian goal is the development of a private free market education system. As the first step, Friedman advocates a voucher plan of school financing. The government returns in the form of a voucher the portion of each person's taxes it would have spent on education. The individual would then be free to use the voucher to help purchase education at any school, public or private, that he wished. This would allow a market to develop in education and drive out of business schools...