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...Brussels last week, the European Economic Community celebrated its tenth birthday. Since March 25, 1957, when the Treaty of Rome brought the Common Market into being, many of the Community's aspirations have remained unattained-and perhaps unattainable. Yet the record of accomplishment is impressive...
Born. To Robert Francis Kennedy, 41, U.S. Senator from New York, and Ethel Shakel Kennedy, 38: a boy, their tenth child (seventh son), thereby putting Bobby one up on Father Joe ("If I had known this was going to be a contest, I would not have stopped at nine," said Rose); in Washington, D.C. The couple's nine other children: Kathleen, 15; Joseph, 14; Robert Jr., 13; David, 11; Courtney, 10; Michael, 8; Kerry, 7; Christopher, 3; and Matthew...
Harvard topped only M.I.T. and Yale, who finished ninth and tenth respectively. These were the only teams in the tournament which the Crimson defeated during the regular season...
...compare art works of Ingres and Boucher to "playmates"? That is like comparing Mickey Spillane to Boccaccio. And of the starlets you mention, not one has a tenth of the beauty or acting ability of a Garbo or a Moreau...
...many of their students into vocational training). The results show a startling gap between Japan and the U.S. Japan placed 76% of its 13-year-olds in the upper half of international testing, compared with 43% in the U.S. A strong 31% of the Japanese ranked in the upper tenth percentile, compared with only 4% of the Americans. The top tenth, claim the researchers, is "a very critical index, since it is likely to be the source of national mathematics and science talent." Students in their last year of secondary school also were tested: the U.S. finished at the very...