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...midwestern state university, another student took up the theme: "Nothing is more trivial and frustrating than: 'Hi. Where are you from?' 'Zambia.' 'Oh, I met a guy the other day from Japan. Well, nice meeting...

Author: By Thomas B. Reston, | Title: "I Weep to You for the First Help": African Youth Apply to American Colleges | 3/18/1967 | See Source »

...unfortunate war. As a Japanese newspaperman I can say that they are never described in the press as the enemy. Indeed newsmen take very cautious effort not to translate directly into Japanese the word "enemy" which appears so often in American news agency dispatches about the Viet Cong. A trivial thing it might seem, but one which is closely related to the basic difference between American and Japanese opinion...

Author: By Satoshi Ogawa, | Title: A Japanese View: Frustration with the War And Confusion Over China's Revolution | 3/11/1967 | See Source »

Served between Clevelands, and Save for this trivial Idiosyncracy, Didn't do much...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: HIGGLEDY PIGGLEDY | 3/3/1967 | See Source »

Occasionally the Center's programs makes headlines, but it prefers inconspicuous projects, like mapping the City's historical plaques. It would be easy to dismiss most of its work as trivial...

Author: By George R. Merriam, | Title: Civic Center Provides Work for Elderly | 2/21/1967 | See Source »

...whole argument is a confusing mess that Senate investigating committees have been at a loss to unravel. At any rate, the petty officials and the petty coaches go at one another, and just like in the similarly trivial NCAA-Ivy League squabble, the losers are the athletes. The hopelessness of the participants' situations was highlighted by Villanova's superb Irish runners. Ian Hamilton and Frank Murphy. If they competed, they were threatened with losing the eligibility to compete on Irish national teams and in the Olympics. If they didn't run, they would be violating their athletic scholarships and might...

Author: By Robert P. Marshall jr., | Title: The Sports Dope | 2/15/1967 | See Source »

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