Word: true
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...trees are visible above the water line. One lone fisherman pilots his boat across the darkening surface. "It's best to keep on driving," a young Wilmot woman advises cheerfully, suggesting that there is nothing much in Wilmot to detain a passing stranger. But that has not proved true in the case of Dr. Thieu...
This is certainly true of Boston's Brink's robbers. Far from being a gang of master criminals--as was first supposed--the thieves turned out to be nothing more than a bunch of petty, two-bit bumblers who hung out in Scolley Square, pulling off little jobs and dreaming of the big heist. It seemed poetic justice that these ordinary crooks were the ones to hit the prestigious armored-car company for a million and a half dollars. It was a daring robbery, no one got hurt, and the crooks very nearly got away with...
Many Harvard students who object to the "honoring" of Charles Engelhard (a true honor does not require a donation) also want Harvard to sell immediately and totally any stock held in banks or companies that do business with South Africa. They also want the U.S. companies in South Africa to leave. There are questions that need to be asked about the possible consequences of these positions...
...high school student, he converted to Christianity, became a teetotaler-a true rarity in Japan's political circles -and for a time preached the gospel on street corners. After graduating from Tokyo University of Commerce in 1936 with an economics degree, he managed to get a job in the Finance Ministry, which traditionally recruited only from the elite Tokyo and Kyoto universities...
...whole industry revolves around making women feel good?which they rarely can unless they think they look attractive. True, sales of men's colognes, skin toners and other cosmetics have been rising fast and now account for a large but indeterminate fraction of the business. Men too have been captivated by the growing national preoccupation with youthful appearance and bodily fitness. Still, women buy about 95% of men's cosmetics as presents for husbands, boyfriends and fathers, many of whom also cheat by dabbing on some of the women's creams and foundation colorings with the bathroom door closed...