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...Dubcek in China, and they have berated Moscow precisely because it has been soft on reformers and "revisionists." Logically, therefore, the Chinese should have given the Russians good marks for learning their lesson. But Peking seized the opportunity to rip Moscow. "This is the most barefaced and typical specimen of fascist power politics by the Soviet scabs," said China's Premier Chou Enlai. As Peking saw it, the whole episode was the result of a plot by the U.S. and the Soviets to divide up the world between themselves. Still, it was indeed an extraordinary experience to find Communist...
...Goodrick issued an alarming report. The fish can jump 4 ft. out of water and move overland at will. It sleeps during daylight hours but becomes "very active" at night or when it is disturbed. It is so strong and slippery that it is virtually impossible to handle. One specimen, placed in a 70-gal. tank with other fish, promptly attacked and killed a fish of equal size. "All other fish in the tank gave the Clarias a wide berth," the scientists noted, "a piranha being no exception...
George Curry to some degree confirms Crooks' observation. "People look at you like you are some kind of specimen. You go in with the idea that you have to prove that you're as good as they are, or with the aim of getting--quote--accepted--unquote...
...Return," screamed Sylvia at exactly seven minutes to one. And it shocked Murray; he had forgotten about religion and the theory of the eternal return. But of course as a fine specimen of summer school girl Sylvia had remembered the curfew...
Could the post-Derby urinalysis have been in error? Could Dancer's Image's urine sample have been tampered with or mixed up with a specimen from some other horse? Kentucky's drug-testing methods came under severe attack at last week's hearing from Fuller and his attorney, Arthur Grafton. They questioned both the security in the laboratory and the accuracy of its analysis. When Owner Fuller demanded some of the specimen for an independent analysis, he was told, sorry, it had all been used in the original tests...