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...Niger, venerated by the Tada villagers who believe that the legendary hero Tsoede brought it to protect them from misfortune. African scholars consider it the finest surviving example of the Yoruba court art that flourished at the religious center of Ife 1,000 years ago, when Europe was still sunk in the darkness of the Middle Ages...
...PRESS). Egypt said that 50 Israelis had been killed or wounded on Shadwan. The Israelis said that they had lost three killed and six wounded, while killing 19 Egyptians and taking 62 prisoners; they added that two Egyptian torpedo boats-which normally carry 20 men each-had been sunk without a trace of survivors. In the 20-hour attack on the Jordanian badlands the Israelis reported killing five Al-Fatah commandos without suffering any casualties. In Amman, however, estimates of Israeli deaths ranged from twelve...
...perhaps been a sucker. "Now look here, young man. I can take a joke as well as the next man: in fact, I always see the other man's side, but this pointless fool ishness..." He tried to rise from his seat on the couch, but he had sunk far down into the plush and his feebleness slowed...
Then Newmark, who finished with 25 tallies to pace all scorers, gathered in one of his game-leading 12 rebounds. Guard, Dale Dover scored on a driving lay-up, and Newmark was fouled on a baseline drive after he made the basket. He sunk the free throw and the Crimson went ahead...
...disastrous year. The Dow-Jones industrial average dropped 19%, from a May high of 969 to a December low under 784. The conglomerates took a beating; LTV and Gulf and Western dropped more than 50% from their year's highs. Among the blue chips, strike-troubled General Electric has sunk to 79 from a historic high of 120 in 1965, California Standard to 49 from a high of 86 in 1966, Allied Chemical to 24 from 66 in 1961, Du Pont to 105 from 260 in 1965, and U.S. Steel to 34 from...