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...region was well worth a look: the rugged, isolated mountain country spanning the Russian-Turkish border and stretching eastward to the Caspian Sea may be the strategic key to the whole troubled Middle East. This land (see map) is Kurdistan. It is split up among five sovereign nations (Russia, Turkey, Syria, Iran and Iraq), but in the minds of the 4,000,000 fierce Kurdish tribesmen who live there, it is one country. It lies like a great, clumsy sickle over the Middle East, the handle anchored in the mountains near the Persian Gulf, the top of the blade resting...
...TIME, April 3, 1944 et seq.), has put up $1,000,000 as a starter, while the state's Institute Nacional de Industria, has put up the same amount. If oil is found, the Spanish government will get 3%, while the American group and the Institute Nacional will split the remainder, one of the most favorable foreign deals U.S. oilmen have made in recent years. Said De Golyer: "This is real wildcatting, as wild as a March hare. We aren't wildcatting on the [geological] structure as we do here most of the time. We're wildcatting...
Leverett will play host to the college Saturday night after the Springfield game. Kirkland and Adams will split honors for the Columbia game on October...
Since 1931 when non-residents began to band together consciously as such to eat lunch in the basement of Phillips Brooks House, they have been fighting a relentless battle to achieve equal status with resident students. The battle has been hindered by a basic philosophic split between University officials who proclaim "Improve the commuters' lot by improving their Center," and an opposing group which contends "Integrate the commuters with the House system...
Examinations: The opinion seemed split with half agreeing that they were hard and unfair, while the other group contests that they were close to average. The first few exams naturally stressed grammar while the later one were devoted in a large part to prepared and sight translations. The marking was considered almost unanimously fair...