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...happier, too. They do little work. Some of them sublimate their head-hunting desires by taking monkey skulls; others make a play for the tourist trade with performances of native dances. And now that the harsh days of the Japanese Guard Line are gone, the aborigines are free to wander down to Taipei for an occasional glimpse of civilization...
...course it's nice," wrote the Communist Neues Deutschland, explaining the purpose of the new Aufklärungsdampfer (enlightenment steamer), "to lie in the broiling sun and let the mind wander [but] amid the joy over peace it is all too easy to forget that one has to do something to preserve peace. Today one can discuss [world affairs] at complete ease in a bathing suit on the beach or floating in a fat inner tube . . . Should excitable natures flare up during the discussion, there is a simple solution-jump in the water...
...able is do for the simple reason that the students don't know a large majority of the other students and because of the fact that most of the universities are in large cities where they must be bound, and unduly so, by the city ordinances. If you wander around other campuses on House Party Weekends then I am sure that you will see sights that you did not see or would not see at Williams, because we have learned that parties can sometimes...
Last week, to earn some extra money for its upkeep and taxes, the huge doors of Blenheim Palace itself were thrown open to the public for four days weekly. Over the Easter weekend more than 4,000 visitors paid two shillings sixpence apiece to wander through Blenheim's halls, gawp at the tiny bedroom where Winston Churchill was born, and stare at the battle flags of his great ancestor, the first Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim's builder. On hand to show them around and plug the sale of a guidebook (threepence the copy) was Blenheim's present...
Working Cows. Ganpat's dairy is typical of the thousands which crowd India's cities-for not all of India's 176 million cattle wander the streets listlessly munching garbage and brush. Only those too old to work are turned loose. Cows are the main draft animals of India, their manure is the fuel which cooks Indian food and their milk is an important part of Indian diet. Buffalo cows, whose milk has a higher butterfat content, are the mainstay of the commercial dairy industry...