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...means that the navy will have to economize by reducing the overall size of its fleet. By 1985, 17 destroyers and frigates will have been taken out of commission, and as new surface units are built, others will be scrapped. The navy will lose 10,000 sailors of its complement of 74,000, plus 13,000 of the 31,000 civilian workers in its dockyards...
...second level, Journey of the Fifth Horse is a parable about mankind. Chulkaturin, reading from his diary, tells the tale of the titular fifth horse, harnessed for some mysterious reason to a coach which already boasts a full complement of four horses. The coachman, who has shackled the fifth horse so clumsily as to make it chafe and bleed, explains that the animal has no purpose in life but to run, senselessly and painfully. Chulkaturin thinks of himself in terms of this story, for he and the fifth horse are both defined by an utterly characterless superfluity...
...spasms of grace. As one of the Blues Brothers, the blue-eyed soul group that brought Belushi a platinum record and a big-budget movie, this slab in a black suit would suddenly turn a series of split-second cartwheels, like a hippo Baryshnikov. Belushi was the ideal comic complement to his SNL colleague, close friend and fellow Blues Brother Dan Aykroyd. But whereas Aykroyd disappears into his wicked, perfectly pitched characterizations, Belushi was a Method mimic. His impersonations seemed fun-house mirrors of his own turbulence. They were ego run wild. That gave them a special danger, and Belushi...
...program, which would involve about five courses, a tutorial, and a thesis, would result in a certificate in Latin American Studies to complement a regular degree Harvard currently accredits no plan of study other than a field of concentration...
Certainly the Crimson has had trouble of its own this season, but they are nothing compared to Dartmouth's. The Green is working on its first unvictorious Ivy campaign since 1965 to complement a 6-18 overall second...