Word: semis
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...State Department is upset because of the proliferation of U.S. groups--governments land private--working in foreign aid and would like to coordinate all efforts perhaps under a semi-autonomous agency within the department...
Traffic conditions localy mirrored those all over the city. The slight grade of Boylston St. proved too much for two huge semi-trailers and an MTA bus. The three blocked up traffic for nearly an hour. After sliding to a halt in front of one of the area's gas stations, two ladies attacked with their shoes a service station attendant who told them to move because they were blocking the entrance...
King Lukengu's troubles began last summer when the Congo became a republic and the new provincial government of Kasai decreed that it was "undemocratic" for one man to keep 800 wives in a life of semi-serfdom. "We have our freedom now," said Kasai President Barthelemy Mukenge, 35, "and these women must have theirs...
...there have been many difficulties. Some of the poorer hospitals exploit the visiting doctors as semi-slave labor, e.g., to replace orderlies; and they offer the foreigners little professional training. Thus treated, the foreign doctor is often a liability to patients in his care...
...Away Bird, by Muriel Spark. In the title novella and in ten accompanying short stories-mostly semi-supernatural suspense tales-the talented Scottish novelist displays her deft style and consummate con-woman skill in unmasking the hoaxing face of the world...