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...more than a police problem. But early this year, it moved the army into the northeast, set up joint civilian-military police command posts in each of the six most sensitive border provinces. Since then the Thais have killed 50 terrorists and captured 300, moderating the Red thrust...
...book trade calls it a Gothic novel. The dust jacket usually shows a terrified young woman running across a lawn, while in the background a ghostly old mansion or château looms menacingly through the fog. Following the chilling tradition of Wuthering Heights and Rebecca, the Gothics thrust innocent and high-minded young women into gloomy households where husbands and lovers are breathlessly suspect, where hidden rooms and violent traditions abound, where hidden doors creak ominously, lights go out mysteriously, and improbable coincidences are just too much for words...
...thrust of the proposed reforms is a call for relief from over-specialization. This is an old complaint, and could probably be made against any department which has concentration requirements. But it is especially relevant in the case of Gov, which requires a student to specialize in one of the Department's three areas and then to take two sets of generals--one in his own and one in all the other areas. Because of the heavy weight given to generals in computing the degree of honors, "take as many gov courses as you can possibly squeeze in" becomes...
...making it smaller, for one thing--turn it into a group interested in and suitable for overseeing a coherent curriculum in drama as well as the growth Loeb. And since time has made it plain that measures at the Loeb are rarely accepted by students when they are thrust upon them, the dean might consider whether the Theatre Committee might not make an ideal test case for adding undergraduates to a Faculty committee...
More than any other great nation in history, the U.S. has remained deeply mistrustful of its might and reluctant to invoke it. For most Americans, Manifest Destiny died when the 20th cen- tury was born, and two world wars have only thrust it deeper in its grave. Nonetheless, the junior Senator from Arkansas last week professed to see the U.S. commitment to Viet Nam as a portent of the overweening conviction of righteousness that has typified most major powers in decline...