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Confucius' ambition was to restore order to a chaotic society. The China of his tune, 300 years before the founding of the first dynasty, was torn by constant warfare among the country's greedy feudal princes, who were described by Confucius as "stuffing themselves with food all day while never using their minds at all." He envisioned an ideal ruler of benevolence, moderation and humanity, a type that he believed had existed in a halcyon era long past. While the bad ruler relied on terror and force, the Confucian prince would restore order simply by the strength...
Kevin Carr, who will be out for up to two weeks with torn shoulder ligaments, was replaced by the return of big Dave Gauthier. Gauthier played left wing, with Jim McMahon centering and Steve Dagdigian on right...
...list of walking wounded begins with co-captain Marc Noonan, who has been nursing a bum shoulder, and Kevin Carr, who could be out for as much as two weeks with torn shoulder ligaments suffered against Northeastern...
...Gasoline, jet fuel and heating oil are distilled from the crude at refineries in Benicia, Calif., Rotterdam, Ras Tanura in Saudi Arabia, and Singapore. Pumps blazoning the names Exxon or Esso (still widely used outside the U.S.) dispense gasoline in Canadian fishing villages, Zaire jungle outposts and along war-torn roads in Viet...
...from the radiators of at least ten rigs, which had been punctured by gunfire; one driver was shot in the shoulder and hospitalized. In New Jersey, independents picketed gasoline terminals owned by Hess, Amoco and Chevron, trying to prevent shipments to service stations. State police escorted trucks through strife-torn areas outside Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Akron, Youngstown and Warren, Ohio. At week's end Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Ernest P. Kline called out the National Guard to prevent further violence...