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...century ago, streams of Hindu pilgrims came for their annual ritual bath at the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges and Jumna. The British authorities, noting that the currents were dangerously fierce that year, forbade the ablutions, and erected a high palisade to keep the pilgrims from the water. Thereupon thousands of Hindus, disciples of Gandhi, squatted before the palisade in the scorching sun, hour after nonviolent hour. Among them was a young, Cambridge-educated Brahman named Jawaharlal Nehru. As he recalls...
...compose a letter to the presidents of 881 colleges and universities across the U.S. He knew, he said, that "higher education has serious financial problems. We also know that . . . many of the young men and women cannot attend college simply because they cannot afford the costs." Henry Ford thereupon announced that he had a plan to help out on both counts-one of the fattest scholarship programs ever sponsored by private industry...
...long voyage home took him 20 years. And he did come back rich. Thereupon, good Renaissance man that he was, Pinto sat him down to write a book about it all. The Grand Peregrination is a retracing of Pinto's story by British Author Maurice Collis, and a bizarre and fascinating...
Last week leaders of the Philippine Congress announced that they would fight suspension of the writ of habeas corpus. Quirino's government thereupon announced that the writ would be operative in 15 of the republic's 51 provinces, where "the condition of peace and order is relatively normal...
When Teacher Rockwell, a radioman first class in the Naval Reserve, received orders to report for active duty, his superintendent tried to get him deferred till June. The Navy said no. Thereupon, crossing their fingers and wishing hard, Teacher Rockwell's pupils wrote to the Navy themselves...