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...cheese factory, lay in the flood plain of the Kickapoo River. Five times in the past 75 years, the village was hit by devastating floods. After one, the citizens sent an arriving Red Cross contingent home. They would take care of themselves, they said. And they did. To thwart the rampaging river once and for all, they decided to pick up the whole business district and move it half a mile away and 55 ft. higher...
...this and other points - including a new scene concerning the premiere of The Magic Flute, which Salieri tried to thwart - the New York production is at variance, not always wisely, with the original production at London's National Theater...
...appointment of the OSS veteran-as long as he selects a capable deputy to take care of the details that he prefers to shun. But first Casey must survive a tough grilling by Senators on accusations of misconduct as SEC chief, including an old charge that he tried to thwart an SEC inquiry of Fugitive Financier Robert Vesco in 1972. Casey, with typical bluntness, professes no concern. Says the CIA nominee: "I've been confirmed by the U.S. Senate four times. I don't think there's any question I'll be confirmed again...
...also a major test of the city's removal ordinance, which is slightly more than a year old. Designed primarily to thwart condominium developers, the ordinance requires board approval before taking a rent-controlled property off the rental market...
...only an occasional foray into the Penn zone in the second half, the best opportunity coming when Smith challenged the Penn netminder one-on-one with just over six remaining. The Harvard captain, however, dribbled just a little too hard on the artificial surface and Tabak was able to thwart the potential tie-breaking effort...