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Dean Ford speaks of a group of "wreckers" who, not being able to make the grade as students, set out to prove that they have been "the victims of a worthless system," by destroying it. They are the ones who "think it is enough just to wreck, not to rebuild." Despite the fact that Dean Ford here speaks "not without sympathy," the vagueness and inaccuracy of this statement verge on the incompetent. It is inaccurate, because many of us in SDS do rather well in school, even in Dean Ford's terms. We make the Dean's List, win fellowships...
...pepper trade, stirred up a holy war against the community by Indian natives. Cranganore was sacked, its homes and synagogue burned. Most of the survivors fled to Cochin and sought the protection of its maharajah. Although a Hindu, he treated them kindly, and in 1568 permitted them to rebuild their synagogue next door to his palace...
...election in 1970. If he succeeds, he will be only the second Governor in New York history to serve uninterruptedly for more than twelve years.* The key to Rockefeller's decision to run again is his eagerness to show that his $6 billion Urban Development Corporation can effectively rebuild city slums. As one Rockefeller aide puts it, "The sound of the steam shovel will soon be heard in the land." More immediately, however, Rockefeller faces a fiscal crisis of immense proportions. The 1969-70 budget is likely to exceed $6 billion, leaving the state with an estimated $1 billion...
...brought up to prescribed force levels "as a minimum response." Nixon also emphasizes the need for "a new attitude on the part of the U.S.," one that leads to an improvement of communication with the NATO allies. In particular, he notes, "one of the necessities, in order to rebuild the European Community, is to re-establish a dialogue with General de Gaulle and the leaders of the French government...
Under a deal devised with the help of Kidder, Peabody & Co., a group of blue-chip investors has agreed to give Lytton Financial a $25.5 million transfusion. The holding company will sell $8,000,000 worth of common stock to pay off a crippling burden of debt. To rebuild its reserves, the company's largest subsidiary, Los Angeles-based Lytton