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...Useless Hole. The lines were the filed-down ridges of bronze that seep between the pieces of a mold when a statue has been sand-cast in sections, but this technique was not developed until the 14th century. The ancients used the lost-wax process that produced a seamless, one-piece mold-and a statue with no ridges on it. Another giveaway was a tiny hole on the top of the horse's head. Such holes are common on the life-size marble horses found on the Acropolis: the Greeks fitted spikes in them to keep the birds away...
...Fitzgerald, illustrated by Mercer Mayer (Dial; $3.95). In Mormon Utah in 1896, Tom ("The Great Brain") is the craftiest kid around. Whether figuring a way to make money when his father gets the first flush toilet in town or teaching a one-legged boy how not to be "useless," Tom is very funny; the illustrations are excellent...
...still refuses to allow the Vietcong to attend the General Assembly. The Administration says that it is useless to even talk about discussions since the Vietcong will never drop their earlier objections to formal discussion in any U.N. forum. After all, the U.S. argument continues, if the N.L.F. or North Vietnamese agree to discussions, these would serve no constructive purpose since the Vietcong will never drop their objections to United Nations involvement in Vietnam. William P. Bundy, Assistant Secretary of State for Far Eastern Affairs, and Robert J. McCloskey, State Department spokesman, have presented long lists of statements...
...written six books (Narrow Gauge Railways of Europe, Steam on the Sierra) on the subject. A former head of I.C.I.'s plastics division and Canadian operations, he is also a cost-conscious businessman who is quick to criticize corporations for "gathering information that is not needed, collecting useless statistics and disseminating unimportant knowledge...
...officials themselves simply did not know. They took down some names, and they divided the names into groups that claim no relation to actual participation in the sit-in. To act at this point on the basis of such ad hoc, ill-defined procedures would be worse than useless. Justice may always be in some measure arbitrary, but there is at least the presumption that those who execute it have tried to make it less...