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...looking at two women on their knees shearing bits of grass with little spades. "As so often in India, you can look at a scene in two ways," he says: He sees the beautiful harmony of these women with the earth; then he senses that they are forced to scratch a crop from practically barren ground for their livelihood. He discovers similar naturalistic and political significance in most Indian scenes...
...Woody Allen does say "no" to the Class of 1973, perhaps the Class Committee can start from scratch. It can run another referendum with a new slate of names, or (experience tells) it can go out on its own and enlist a speaker who will address the important issues of the day as the Senior Class heads for the world outside...
...down as much as $26,000 a week. Their distributors can earn $3,800, and the lowly pusher, often an addict, gets about $ 125 and all the smack he can shoot-about $900 worth a week at current prices. Before he was jailed, one young black hustler, beginning from scratch five years ago, built up a dope-peddling business in Boston that employed 20 people and grossed $2.5 million a year...
...lies are good lies indeed -grossly outrageous and very funny. There is the lie of the Jewish Miss Universe, the lie of Matthew's buddy's on-the-battlefield commission, the truly evil-minded lie of Rosa the Kisser. Each is an authentic zircon, guaranteed to scratch cheese, free of defects for 90 days, less parts and labor...
...right, was expected to be part of the nucleus for next year's Crimson squad, will begin a five-year law program in Belgrade. The three semesters he has completed at Harvard will not be recognized in Yugoslavia, and Vujovic will have to start his college education over from scratch...