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...have a chance to confer with the assistant in advance, of course--and we all like to be called "assistants," not "graders"--you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your blue book, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of seeing St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or a phrase or reading about the "Xian myth...
...from tiny mountain chapels to huge urban complexes. After so long, the need for them is great. More than 90% of the country's 37 million people are Roman Catholics. And though some churches swamped with the faithful offer as many as a dozen Sunday Masses, it is not uncommon to see worshipers spilling over into the yards and streets outside...
LUXEMBOURG. It is one of the world's smallest countries, sometimes forgotten amid the rivalries and power-plays of the larger European nations. It is not uncommon to hear a comedian or political pundit make fun of its size and global insignificance...
...services as travel arrangements, sight-seeing tours, secretaries, translators and after-hours tailors and florists brings in respectable gratuities. Prestidigitation -- securing tickets to a sold-out play-off game or making last-minute reservations at the hottest restaurant -- can earn a hefty $100. Gifts from satisfied guests are not uncommon. "I never have to do any Christmas shopping," says Bettye Bradley, 61, of the Grand Hotel in Washington. "All I have to do is rewrap my gifts." Free meals, tickets, liquor and perfume also come from those eager for guest referrals. There is no doubt the job has growing clout...
...year pattern that has seen the rains repeatedly fail along the Sahel, the wide swath of land that cuts Africa in half just below the Sahara. After the 1984-85 drought, which killed an estimated 2 million people in Africa, there was a brief period of uncommon optimism in Addis Ababa. In 1985 and 1986 the rains were good for the first time since 1981. Though hunger persisted, no one was starving. When the rains came on schedule last June, it looked as if the nation would have a third year of good luck. But July was bone...