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...success of the project and the enthusiasm of the local people that helps offset this tension or at least make it worthwhile. Running a mass meeting may be tiring after 11 hours on the road canvassing for the MFDP. But such is fun too--the worker cannot help but feel pleasure and pride as he listens to the people speak their thoughts. To him, these are "my people." When he called the first meeting hardly anyone would speak up and the freedom worker had to talk himself hoarse. Now the local people have elected their own officers...
...success of the project and the enthusiasm of the local people that helps offset this tension or at least make it worthwhile. Running a mass meeting may be tiring after 11 hours on the road canvassing for the MFDP. But such is fun too--the worker cannot help but feel pleasure and pride as he listens to the people speak their thoughts. To him, these are "my people." When he called the first meeting hardly anyone would speak up and the freedom worker had to talk himself hoarse. Now the local people have elected their own officers...
...mile national railway system is being overhauled at a cost of $1 billion. Unemployment has dropped from 8% in 1959 to 1.5%. About 400,000 men are working in neighboring nations, and the $193 million they sent home last year, along with tourist income, more than offset a chronic trade deficit...
Captain-elect Art Croasdale offset his sixth-place showing in the hammer throw with an unexpected third in the shot put to build the Crimson point total. Ahead of Croasdale's 56' 10 1/4" put were a 59' 5 1/2" toss by N.Y.U.'s hulking Gary Gubner and a 57' 5 1/4" effort by Northeastern's Carl Wallin...
...donated the same silver dollar to place under Eagle's mast that rode under Columbia's when Cunningham captained it in the 1958 defense. Eagle's skipper: William S. Cox, 51, an international champion in small boats, whose lack of extensive big-boat experience is offset by a crew full of Cup veterans...