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...been generally rising. The optimistic view of intermarriage is that it is bringing valuable new blood to Judaism. Besides, Sociologist Marshall Sklare notes that in the anti-Semitic past the intermarrying Jew was likely to be seeking status; today it is the Gentile who may be striving upward, as "the tastes, ideas, cultural preferences and life-styles preferred by many Jews are coming to be shared by non-Jews." Many a bright Gentile college girl is attracted to Jewish men because of their intellectual and liberal attitudes. A growing number of Gentiles who marry Jews convert to Judaism-and, like...
...wide at its broadest point (the tail). To control the glider's descent once it reaches the atmosphere, the pilot has a rudder on each tail fin for turning, a pair of flaps on the top of the aft section of the body for upward pitch and roll adjustments, and a single flap under the aft section for downward pitch. If angle of descent becomes too sharp, the pilot can fire the two small thruster rockets on board. Wings are not necessary to achieve stability and lift...
...months the U.S. economy has been in a state of virtual euphoria, hearing the President declare that "I do not believe recessions are inevitable" and reveling in the onward-and-upward statistics. Lately, many economists have begun to question just how long the 52-month boom can continue, and only two weeks ago the President's chief economist, Gardner Ackley, cautioned that "our expansion is going to slow down a bit in the months ahead." Still, nothing had prepared the public for the shock caused by Bill Martin when he stood up and told the U.S. that it could...
From there, Grew moved upward through posts in St. Petersburg, Vienna and Berlin-where, in 1916, he was counselor of the embassy and worked with futile desperation to head off American participation in World War I. Later he became chairman of the Examining Board for the State Department's Division of Foreign Service Personnel, where he became a sort of career-service saint in his emphasis on the need for trained professional men rather than political hacks. He wryly told candidates: "You gentlemen have a very easy time entering the service. All you have to do is to answer...
...scene deserves special mention as it might even have been worthy of inclusion in Zazie. The gag is on Picnic when Jack and his girlfriend are spread out on the grass discussing life on the farm. Then the camera zooms upward to reveal the couple picnicking on the median strip of Park Avenue. It is easily the most imaginative moment in the movie...