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...centuries the wind, sweeping down over vast, unknown Ungava* in northern Quebec, had covered nature's riches with a deep mantle of snow. Hungry caribou foraged for lichen. A few thousand Eskimos and Indians trapped beaver, hunted seals. The white man had crossed Ungava on foot only three times, had flown in briefly to prospect for minerals-and had not even scratched Ungava's bountiful surface...
...capacity to concentrate on his work, and general peace of mind-all gone now, said he. The thief of his serenity, deposed the editor-critic-raconteur-philologist's petition, was a dog next door who passed his life barking-a "large, powerful male dog of breed or breeds unknown to your orator." The barking, pursued Mencken, was "abnormally and extraordinarily loud, harsh, penetrating, violent, unpleasant, and distracting." He prayed that the court would compel his neighbor to take dog and bark away. The court gave Dog Owner Charles Fortenbaugh 15 days for a neighborly answer...
...Furthermore, the continuity of reputa- tion has been broken," he continued. "The value of specific courses and instructors is unknown to the bulk of students, and so the traditionally large classes are not necessarily so sizable...
...summit of Wyoming's blizzard-swept Elk Mountain. For two days, ground parties fought 75-mile-an-hour winds to reach the peak. When they did, they found flight 14, scattered over a quarter mile of rock and ice. The dead: 21. The cause: unknown...
...current Psychiatry, jumped to a long conclusion. He figured that Okinawans get a good psychological start in life. Until an Okinawan baby is three, his mother 1) breast feeds him; 2) postpones any toilet training; 3) carries him, papoose-like, while she works. Corporal punishment is almost unknown. By the time the Okinawan is five, says Moloney, he has such a sense of security that his mental foundation is sturdy enough to survive catastrophe...