Word: various
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Amazonia southward to the plains of the state of Goias, where the sky is so immense that half a dozen thunder storms can often be seen brewing in it while the sun shines. For years, the gov ernment has offered ten-year tax exemptions on some land and various other lures to attract settlers to the country's largely undeveloped interior. The drive has also attracted hundreds of Grileiros (land grabbers), who have come and gone, buying up acreage for virtually nothing. Since Brazil built the city of Brasilia out in the vast wilderness for its capital, however...
What he seeks and what he does in his five days is as various as American youth itself. In general, the modern U.S. serviceman is better educated, more sophisticated, more curious about alien cultures, and better behaved than any of his predecessors-and he has more money to spend. On the average, he spends roughly $200, making a total yearly tourist bonanza for the area of some $72 million. And he may be the best-behaved soldier in history. One R & R officer stationed in Thailand, where the record shows only one serious incident for every 12,000 G.I.s...
...remarkably methodical approach to that talent when he was putting it to work. In his tight, clear script he filled notebook after notebook with the history of his poems-when the idea was first set down, how long he sat on it, how he cleaned up the various versions, what he chose to publish and what he left out. Such matters may seem too arcane for all except literary note-pickers, but for those who remember Thomas as a presence and his Collected Poems for some of the best written in recent decades. The Notebooks help to explain the evolution...
...rankings in various academic fields from 1964 to 1966 among American universities in total number of Ph.D.'s awarded...
Over the last four years these five, with additional contributors joining in, have had various successes in both the mile and two-mile relays. At this moment the spotlight is on the quartet that set the mark in the longer distance against B.U. Tuesday night. This group is anchored by William Burns, alternately referred to as "Trey," "George," or "Bullet," a soft-spoken Baltimorian who grew up idolizing Villanova's Davie Patrick. He coasted home Tuesday with a 1:58 split, two seconds slower than both Dave McKelvey and Jeff Huvelle, who often run identical times in the event they...