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...heard and a lot of it was because I didn't see anybody else doing that sort of thing." But to those who took the songs at face value, they sounded like the voice of an angry God promising hard rain if the human race doesn't shape up quick...
...humbled, but I’m looking forward to serving the faculty for a reasonable period of time again,” he said. “I will leave whenever I’m comfortable that I can leave the new school in good shape.” The fruition of the proposal marked a lame-duck victory for University President Lawrence H. Summers, whose tenure as president ends in just five weeks. In an interview yesterday, Summers said, the new school would be the first new school at Harvard in three and a half decades...
...surging tide of communism. Nevertheless, the great majority of Chinese were becoming more reconciled to the prospects of communist rule. The cagey Reds had switched to a "soft" 1945-1955 The decade after 1945 saw jubilation at the arrival of peace, and anxiety as the Cold War took shape — and a wedding took place in London 1956-1966 New sounds in the air, protest in the streets and revolution in the hills 1966-1976 War in Vietnam, Nixon in China and Man on the Moon line ... In Chengchow, ... two Shanghai cotton brokers reported "all was quiet." Their warehouse...
Despite the students' conspiracy theories, Bowden says, the embassy actually housed just a few CIA officers, most of them new to the country and struggling to contact Iranians who could help them comprehend the shape-shifting revolution. Since none of them spoke Farsi, the American spies couldn't even read the Tehran newspapers...
...annual roundup of the 100 most influential people prompted comment about famous and not-so-famous sources of influence and appreciation for the diverse talents that shape our world...