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...Only in achieved states. Palpable transformations. He would be known only by those who had gone through them." Fogel's crowning obsession is the diamond. Acquiring some through a friendly burglar, he becomes a fanatical student of facets and crystallography, of refraction angles and cleavage planes. He is possessed by the belief that diamonds are an incarnation of God's cold, durable and eternal being. What Fogel cannot possess is Laurence's sister Susie. And what he cannot possess he destroys...
Throughout the past five months I have followed your pieces on the editorial page of The Crimson, and they have convinced me that you do possess such a commitment. I want to praise, in particular, your coverage of the events in Chile and Vietnam: coverage for which the University community is indebted...
...rebel forces are supported by nearly 1,000 North Vietnamese and Viet Cong advisers and they possess an impressive arsenal. While Hanoi provides most of this equipment, some diplomats in Phnom-Penh suspect that the Insurgents have still another source of supply -government officials and military officers who make a quick profit by selling the guerrillas American ammunition...
...Metropolitan Opera. It will be an event both long awaited and long overdue. Sills will be 45 when she steps onto the Met stage in Rossini's The Siege of Corinth, and the question is whether, at an age when many divas fade, she will still possess the fabulous voice and technique. The uncertainty exists because she does have occasional off nights, and may be performing too much for her own good. But she is a crowned pro who never cuts down, even at rehearsals, and virtually never cancels...
...they are trying to guess.) H.L. Mencken summarized the early views of the dubious when he wrote, "In plain language, Professor Rhine segregates all those persons who, in guessing the cards, enjoy noteworthy runs of luck, and then adduces those noteworthy runs of luck as proof that they must possess mysterious powers." Rhine tightened his laboratory conditions in the 1930s, and much of the criticism withered-but so did his ESP stars...