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...victories on which Nasser has grown so great are often setbacks for his people. Though he has forced the British out of Egypt, his country is poorer, self-deprived of desperately needed Western aid, sapped by retaliatory boycott, and helpless before a rate of population growth so steep that there can be no hope of abating the general misery for years. Though he merged Syria in his United Arab Republic with glowing promises of prosperity in Arab brotherhood, the first consequences for Syrians were a decline in the value of their money, a stiff boost in tariffs, and destruction...
...school play, which was really excellent-but costly! We spent, for a patron's contribution and tickets and costumes for four, $26.40. Isn't that steep? Does the same thing happen in public schools? Was it really good to have the schoolchildren in their uniforms seek patrons from among the neighboring store owners, mostly men of other faiths? This money goes, I understand, for lay teachers' salaries. Surely there is another way to raise such funds; it isn't up to the children...
...three-way collision, followed in rapid succession. With good equipment and good driving, no one was seriously hurt. Then, roaring through pitch black night into the tricky stretch that leads to the corner called Tertre Rouge, French Driver Jean Mary (real name: Jean Brousselet) drove head on into a steep embankment. His Jaguar bounced back into the path of an onrushing Ferrari. Somehow the Ferrari driver, Los Angeles' Bruce Kessler, dived from his seat just before the explosive crash, and escaped death. But Jean Mary died in the wreck...
...ability to pay for the steep expenses of good education is, however, certainly not the sole reason the village maintains a fine high school. Most residents of this town of about 14,000 have had college educations themselves and are highly concerned with providing a good education for their children. With a large proportion of educationally minded and well-to-do residents, Scarsdale thus has the will and the means to provide top schooling...
...travelers drank the oily water from their radiators to keep alive. They used blowtorches to heat their meals when they could not bear using camel dung as fuel. Bridges collapsed under them, their cars sank hub deep in mud or sand, brakes gave way and the cars slid down steep, rocky hillsides. The Tri-Contal gave up its tiny ghost, but the other four somehow made it to the Siberian border...