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...Illinols Committee's survey found that "a significant number of placement officers ask information about race, religion, or national origin on their own forms. A small number," it continued, "supply this information to employers on a routine basis and a larger number only if requested...
...Seville, an official inquiry began into the authorship and origin of the pamphlets. At week's end, hard-pressed old Cardinal Segura was quoted: "Not even the Civil Guards will get me out of my diocese...
Neolithic Egypt. Dr. Emery is not the kind of Egyptologist whose chief interest is finding spectacular treasures for exhibition. His digging at Sakkara, which he has been doing since 1935, is aimed at solving a fascinating problem: What was the origin of Egypt's civilization...
...near-savages. Then, little by little, the culture improves. The people build better homes and temples; they learn higher crafts. At last they develop a written language and begin recording their history for archaeologists to read. Some of the new culture elements come from foreign contacts, but the origin of each imported item can generally be traced...
...spellbound air of the entire figure are pre-Grecian. The boots are even odder than the horned helmet they counterpoint. Hittite sculptures sometimes have upturned toes, but never so exaggerated. A few experts guess that the boots are a sort of combination ski and snowshoe, pointing to a mountain origin, yet most of the body is naked to the cold...