Word: stillnesses
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...recent Selective Service bulletin states that "It is still impossible for Selective Service to attempt to calibrate all of the contingencies which might arise, and over which the Selective Service System has no control, that might alter the original Department of Defense estimate with respect to the various levels of vulnerability for the numbers that were drawn in the lottery...
Keyes' fantasy, only slightly improbable, explores the effects of a brain operation that turns a 32-year-old moron into an intellectual genius, but one still plagued by psychic traumas inflicted in childhood. Cast in the form of the protagonist's diary entries, his is one of the most extraordinary books of the decade. Reading it is an amazing educational experience. One gets to understand the learning process, society's attitudes toward the mentally retarded, the difference between intellectual and emotional maturity, and the essence of human dignity. The author shows here a masterly ability to handle sensitive insights, pathos...
...certain, calculable result of today's fast is that North and South Vietnamese war victims will benefit from over $3500 of desperately needed aid. Though the staggering damage the United States has done in Southeast Asia makes this contribution no more than symbolic, there is still a good chance that the money will save some lives and make a few other lives more bearable. This in itself would make the fast worthwhile...
...official censure of Yale by the ECAC executive council two days ago, and the council's recommendation of a possible further penalty if Yale fails to disqualify an ineligible player from its basketball squad, is still another disgraceful episode in the petty, childish bickering that he's characterized NCAA-AAU relations during...
...fifth spot is still open, hut McCollom is enthusiastic about Rod Colburn, a freshman who has done well in drills...