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...been to move his party in from the left, blur distinctions between the parties on a range of issues, and, at the same time, demonstrate that Labour can, after all, govern with prudence and responsibility. Even the Tories have ceased to raise the spectre of socialism's red ruin to frighten the electorate...
...perennial problems is the ruin of its roads during the four-month rainy season. During this period from May to August the rain becomes a way of life, often falling continuously for several days. Fishing becomes sporadic, and all but indoor workers are forced to sit and do little but watch the steady downpour turn the sand and dirt roads into rivers of mud which settle in low spots and are churned into black muck by traffic...
Afghanistan today is known mainly for its hounds, carpets and pistachio nuts. Its rugged, ruin-strewn terrain is still strategically important, the geopolitical crossroads between China, Russia, India and Iran. But centuries ago it was a well-traveled highway. Remarked Hsüan-tsang, a 7th century Chinese Bud dhist pilgrim, of this 800-mile bridge between the East and West: "Here are found objects of merchandise from all parts...
...Thatcher Ferry Bridge, which was what the commemoration was all about, had somehow failed to show up in the engraving. There were three other misprinted sheets that had not been sold, but embarrassed Zone officials decided to print more, Harris' saturate dreams of the market philatelic and ruin treasure. They were taking their cue from one time Postmaster General J. Edward Day, who had highhandedly ordered a flood of deliberately misprinted Dag HammarskjÖld commemoratives in order to devaluate an accidental misprint (TIME...
...particularly distressing to those of us in Comstock Hall to read of the proposed hike in room and board for Radcliffe. Not that we are totally out to ruin the Cliffie image of soiled hair et al., but we have been without hot water for three weeks--except at odd hours of the early morning. This has meant lukewarm washings of dinner dishes as well, which does nothing for the desirability of our meals. Before the college seeks to rectify the deficit in its budget, it should perhaps consider the inferior "room and board" it is now giving its students...