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...LESSON. The war has revealed in Nigerians a new political and economic self-reliance. Given the tenacity, resourcefulness and determination behind both sides, there is really no reason why our people should remain in poverty much longer. By the grace of God we shall succeed on our own steam without being involved in cold-war politics and free from neocolonial domination. Nigeria's success in subduing secession has ensured that secession cannot be tolerated. There are excellent lessons in our national conflict which other African nations could well examine to advantage...
...unknown artist, looming hugely out of a sea of grass with a bird in its mouth and its eyes on future victims, is as haunting as Alice's Cheshire-and more terrifying. Another unknown painter imagined a fantastic city of medieval towers and Renaissance palaces approached by a steam-propelled sailing ship of the very latest type around 1850-a vision of Europe, perhaps, by an artist who knew it only in his dreams...
...lead from gasoline (motorists would pay 20 more per gallon). The packaging industry would benefit all America by switching to materials that rot?fast. By one es timate, burning scrap paper and garbage in efficient incinerators could generate 10% of the nation's electricity. Such incinerators already provide central steam heating for Paris. To be sure, big changes might raise consumer prices and cut profits. But businessmen should also consider a greater profit: rescuing the environment...
...free elections in East Germany. In the post-address debate, former Chancellor Kurt Kiesinger cried that "We want not only the achievement of national unity but also the unity of state as well." One delegate even accused the Chancellor of "jeopardizing" Bonn's sovereignty. Nonetheless, after letting off steam, the Christian Democrats agreed to support Brandt's policy toward East Germany. Even if his Ostpolitik has run into some resistance in the Communist countries, it still commands support in West Germany...
...disaster, but it's a mess," said Alan Heimert '49, Master of Eliot House. "First this cold weather brings women into breakfast at the dining hall, now it blows up steam pipes...