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...class a year or two ago and can't understand how anyone could find it necessary to cheat in such an easy course. Worse yet, the committee membership rotates. No sooner does a member familiarize himself with procedures, rules and case histories than he finds himself back on the prowl in the exam room...
...Post Office not only was neglected, it nearly fell to the wrecker's ball. In 1899, the building's flossy exterior blended well with the theaters, taverns and whorehouses that enlivened the 1 ½-mile esplanade. The atrium design permitted postal inspectors to prowl catwalks, checking up on mail sorters below. But as Government grew more dignified, its architects demanded cool, neoclassic superblocks on the Avenue of the Presidents. To them, the Post Office seemed as out of place as flamboyant Diamond Jim Brady at a state dinner. Abandoned in 1934 by the Post Office Department, the building...
...year after the ghastly massacre of hundreds of Palestinians, heavily armed men still prowl the shanty town of Shatila on the southern fringes of Beirut. But instead of the feared fatigue uniforms of Phalangist militiamen, they wear spiffy red-and-gold scarves emblazoned with the Venetian Lion of St. Mark, and their presence inspires comfort rather than terror. They are Italian marines who keep strict watch from a ring of sentry posts and constantly patrol streets that are now as safe as any in Lebanon...
...understand why Americans want to leave their own beautiful country, which has everything. Why prowl about expensive London or wander through old castles and ruined coliseums, when close at hand you have bright, invigorating scenes? I have made five trips to the U.S. and loved every minute. I am pushing 90, but still hope to reach Idaho before fate cries halt...
...family idyl. Oscar Ekdahl (Allan Edwall) is impresario of the local theater, and life at home is a succession of agreeable rituals: caroling, speechifying, sumptuous meals, flirtatious sex. The house is the perfect home for Alexander, whose favorite toy is a "magic lantern," a primitive movie camera. He can prowl through the unoccupied rooms poking into old mysteries, scouting loca tions. A pillow fight with his sister can send feathers swirling through the night light - his first special effect...