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...eleven years of Pierre Trudeau and his schemes, and insults too [June 4]. We're well rid of him and his Liberals. With Joe Clark as Prime Minister, Canada has a chance...
...normally begins to sweat, a process that requires the tiny blood vessels, or capillaries, in the skin to expand. But since the bather is largely submerged in hot water, the sweat cannot evaporate from the skin. Heat builds up in the body, and as the body struggles to get rid of it, more blood is diverted to the capillaries...
...spot in the Stanley Cup play-offs final round against, as it turned out two days later, the Montreal Canadiens. Only three times in 39 years had the Rangers got so far. In the seats near the rafters high above Madison Square Garden, fans long accustomed to disappointment got rid of decades of frustration, standing to roar their joy for four full minutes. On the ice below, Center Phil Esposito danced around the rink sur pointe, a 37-year-old veteran turned little boy again. Later, revelers jammed the sidewalks along 33rd Street, and cab drivers set out to carry...
...about 50,000 by the end of the year, compared with 30,000 in 1978 and 16,700 in 1977. Moreover, bureaucratic hassling of Soviet Jews who apply for exit visas has declined dramatically. It may be that the Soviets now would simply be glad to get rid of the problem. By letting some dissidents leave, U.S. officials suggest, the Soviets can eliminate them as focal points for unrest. Similar reasoning may have helped persuade the Kremlin to permit freer emigration by Jews. Said Adam Ulam, a Russian expert at Harvard: "From the Soviet point of view, once you cannot...
Some intelligence or other knows how to get rid of warts, and this is a disquieting thought...