Word: trained
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...fiddler crabs that live in the marsh. Amidst the dust swirling up to the whirling blades of police helicopters hovering above, the demonstrators poured over the parking lot. They clapped and cheered as they saw a second line of demonstrators moving inland from the sea like a slow subway train. Stopping about every 70 yards, they seeded their path with Indian corn. A third group, coming from the north, made a stone walkway across the marsh, scattering the rocks after they had passed in order to leave no mark...
Like the Americans, the West Germans love their cars. There are no speed limits on the two autobahns that flank the suburb, and most commuters drive the twelve miles to Cologne instead of taking the train, which comes only hourly. But many of the cars in Rösrath are gas-sipping compacts or minis, an understandable situation with the price of fuel at $1.40 a gallon. The few standard-size American cars stand out like whales in a school of porpoises...
...introduction, Sepnce is the number two player on the Harvard gold team, having served in that capacity for two seasons. His full name is Edward Spence Fitzgibbons Jr., though he has acquired a long train of nicknames during the course of his career, the most endearing of which are "Four-Year-Old," "Jumbo," "Watty," and "Fitzleman." His playing partner on this occasion was a certain young slasher who sometimes writes about golf for the Harvard paper...
Personnel who return to Southwestern may become student managers and receive financial incentives to recruit and train others...
...terms of marketing policy, G.E. has for some time supplied much of the high-technology machinery bought by the South African government, including 80 per cent of the diesel train engines so vital to the maintenance of the white minority's military and security. In 1976, despite opposition from Congress, G.E. tried to sell nuclear reactors to the South African government. In addition, G.E. has continually refused to disclose the details of the company's sales and manufacturing operations in South Africa...