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...frankly ashamed of my country and my countrymen for indulging in the very intolerance they profess so sincerely to abhor in other nations and other people...
...most desirable changes, Dean Hudnut's office announces, is the reduction of the length of the combined curricula of college plus profess- ional school from 71/2 to 61/2 years. The decrease of the time required for the training of an architect is making it possible to test the qualifications of students for professional studies while they are still in college...
Muttering incantations which charmers profess the snakes know and heed, the aged snake man moved about the villa and grounds. "Come forth, O snakes, in the name of Allah! In the name of Allah, O snakes, come out of your holes," he chanted in archaic Arabic. Suddenly he sank to his knees, began to blow a slow, wailing melody on his reed pipe, swaying his body as he played. Out from hiding slid the hooded head of a young cobra, then another and another, until nine young reptiles appeared, raised their bodies from the ground and riveted their eyes...
...island's immortal son. Orator Campinchi declared last week that L'Empereur once said "In time, the sword will always be beaten." Taking this as his Napoleonic, yet democratic text, the navy minister cried: "These words are worthy to be recalled at a time when certain men profess disdain for liberty and a desire to outlaw traditional values which have always assured the nobility of man in our western civilization! Certainly a democratic regime may have weaknesses, but what are they compared with the dangers of uncontrolled power...
...interest your readers to hear that the Chinese Communists (TIME, Jan. 10), who as we know profess not to believe in Christ, issued paper currency and minted coins in Kiangsi dated according to the Christian calendar, thus themselves officially testifying to Christ's advent...