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...late December meteorologists noticed another dramatic change. The upper-level westerlies south of the 35th parallel (from Southern California to North Carolina) had picked up speed while those north of it had slowed. The jet stream had edged to the south, along a path that was much less curved. Instead of sweeping north over the Pacific with a cargo of warm, moist air and dumping snow and rain on Alaska, Washington and Oregon, the westerlies now were aiming their punch directly at California. The result: Southern California was inundated for nine days by storms that brought a total...
...Lost of cheating was still going on," says Patty Wen '80, who spent seven months at Peking University (P.U.) last year as a foreign student. "There was one case publicized in the People's Daily about a girl at P.U. Her father was an upper-level cadre who arranged for her to have special conditions to take the test in--she had a tutor there with her while taking it. She eventually admitted it and was sent back home...
...course, still live in overcrowded one-and two-room shacks. Although the older mines are now nominally owned by Zaire, there are only a handful of Africans in management positions. New mining investments by Japanese and South African firms maintain the same pattern: Never hire an African for an upper-level job when an expatriate can be imported...
Berizzi explained that due to this training procedure, the J.V. squad is always subject to change. The coaches can create a stronger team by grabbing a couple extra upper-level swimmers...
...their careers and weaving their dreams of normalcy unaware of the changes they were to face personally, professionally and politically, Harvard was a very different school. Local merchants advertised grey flannel suits on sale for $39.95; Crimson editors annually elected a Miss Radcliffe from each freshman class. Although most upper-level courses were already coeducational, Harvard and Radcliffe were two distinct schools. Women were allowed into newly-opened Lamont Library only at specific hours and in specific rooms. Men could only entertain female guests in their rooms until 8 p.m. and had to check their visitors in and out with...