Word: restful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Harker remembers that on another occasion, Garwood brought a chicken to the P.O.W.s. Says Harker: "He was trying to win our favor. He said he had stolen it from a guard. Before he left, he said he wanted the two legs, while the rest of the chicken was shared...
...cartel, which had raised its official price by 5% in January, achieved its new 9% boost by putting into effect on April 1 a series of phased increases that had been planned for the rest of 1979. There were worrisome signs that the OPEC countries, including Saudi Arabia, Iraq and other producers, were determined to make their new price offensive stick by limiting production now that Iranian output is once again climbing. Bragged Iraq's fiery Oil Minister, Tayeh Abdul-Karim: "No one country can affect this market now. As Iran's production goes up again, ours will...
...means "Burning for Brown," and it counts. Until now, because of the almost immutable pecking order of colleges, only about half the students admitted actually enrolled at Brown. The rest went to schools like Princeton, Yale and Harvard, which has about a 75% "yield." But lately Brown has become very popular. At a time when the end of the baby boom spells a declining applicant pool, the school's applications have jumped 25% in two years. With good reason. Brown works hard to sell itself. The 16 members of the admissions committee are young, diverse, impressive-the kind...
...pale azalea." Then one day when Teddy was eleven, his domineering father told him: "You have the mind but you have not the body." With the toothy snarl that was to become famous, the son replied: "I'll make my body." That he did for the rest of his life, absorbing punishment as a boxer, hunter, mountain climber and rancher. In Roosevelt's last year at Harvard, a physician warned him that he had overtaxed his heart and must lead a more sedentary life. Vowed Teddy: "Doctor, I'm going to do all the things you tell...
...Exxon would buy the state of Arizona, put a huge reflector over it, and plug in the rest of the country," if corporate power controlled solar energy. Harrington said. He added Exxon would manage to make solar energy life-threatening in the process...