Word: semis
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...greeted the coup in Nigeria is no doubt due to the complexity of politics in that country. An enlightened liberal who has mastered the names of Nigeria's four regions, two electoral coalitions, four major parties (there are lots of little ones), three major tribes (not to mention six semi-major and more than 200 minor ones), and top twelve political leaders, and who has dutifully memorized the phrase "Nigeria, symbol of democracy in tropical Africa", has surely exhausted his capacities for the assimilation of detail. To him the prospect of having to learn a new set of names...
...with a vast surge in the living standards of the rest of Western Europe. Hordes of Europeans with hard money in their pockets began pouring southward across the Pyrenees, lured by cheap prices, fiestas and bullfighting, by clear skies and endless beaches, by the ancient exotic attraction of a semi-Arab land that had dropped out of Europe with the Spanish Armada...
...Langenbach provided some excitement by leading the New England mile for six laps, but he faded to ninth place. Lynch took a fifth place in the hurdles final after surviving the qualifying and semi-final heats. Willie Davenport of Southern University beat Courtland Gray and Ken Coniglio of Villanova for first place...
These casual words ought to open the way for a stirring semi-documentary about the impulsive, unpredictable nature of suicide. Unfortunately, Thread does not follow through on its inspiration-a vivid 1964 LIFE article in which Shana Alexander described the psychological crisis that led one anonymous Seattle housewife to attempt self-destruction. The movie is a routine, sometimes mawkish melodrama, and a sorry misuse of talent...
Princeton checked hard but had little finesse in a rough semi-final match which saw seven penalties called against both teams. Sophomore defenseman Bob Carr registered twice, senior wing Jorge Gonzalez got his first goal of the year, and Pete Miller tallied for the third game in a row in the solid 6-3 drubbing...