New Nation, 28 April 1972

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  • 15 1 NEW NATION SINGAPORE Friday evening, April 28, 1972 No. 391 Price 15 cents NEW NATION
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  • 147 1 The share market was active this morning. Trading was selective and generally prices were mov ing up. Sim Lim increased seven cents to $1.56. Sime Darby gained 20 cents to $7.20. General Lumber moved up from 99 cents to $1.06. D3JS. went ud six cents to $1.50,
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  • 10 1 Police reported 77 accidents yesterday. Five were serious.
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  • 34 1 LATE NEWS Saigon, Friday. Tankled North Vietnamese troops today pushed government forces from their two northernmost bases in South Vietnam and continued to apply pressure on Quang Tri from three directions.
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  • 277 1  -  Relatives and friends now being consulted on matter By Tan Cher Soon The parents of Sin Lak pill girl, Yeo Say Peck, today said they want to sue the manufacturers of the pill over their daughter's death. "But we are living from
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  • 180 1 Upside-down landing Houston, Friday The Apollo-16 astronauts splashed upside down into the Pacific this morning after their 11-day mission to the moon. per, parachuted into a slight swell only about one mile (1.6 km) from the main recovery ship, the carrier Ticonderoga. "We're stable two," mission commander John
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  • 446 1 Quang Tri holds out against Reds Reuter Saigon, Friday South Vietnamese troops early today repelled communist forces trying to smash their way into the northern city of Quang Tri after nearly 24 hours of bitter fighting, military sources said. First reports reaching here said several hundred
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  • 107 1 A comb and a pair of slippers may lead the police to the Jurong Road sex killer. These two items were found by the CID men at the scene of the rape-mur-der of 10-year-old schoolgirl, Goh Liang Tze, in a bush near her home off
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  • 31 1 Lahore, Friday Seven people were killed and 60 Injured when a bus in which they were travelling plunged down a cliff about 300 miles (480 km) southwest of here
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  • 132 1 Reuter Washington, Friday—The Federal Bureau of Investigation will open an office in Singapore in the near future, FBI Director Mr. J. Edgar Hoover told a congressional committee, according to closed door evidence released yesterday. He added that FBI agents stationed abroad conduct no investigations
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  • 366 1  -  By Pang Guek Cheng A hospital specialist today listed some of the deadly diseases that could be caused by several kinds of Western medicine used in traditional Chinese practice. Some victims, if they did not die, often suffered irreversible damage. The specialist also appealed to the public
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  • 43 1 Rawalpindi, Friday.—President Bhutto of Pakistan has summoned Mrs. Gandhi's special emissary to the Indo-Pakistan peace talks for a first hand account of what the Indian Prime Minister wants to talk about when the two leaders meet at summit level.
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  • 35 1 Rome, Friday. Police staged a new nation-wide crime busting operation yesterday, checking tens of thousands of people and arresting hundreds 10 days before a parliamentary election in which law and order is key issue.
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  • 145 1 A man was found stabbed to death late last night at the Sin Poh Lian Bar in Tan Quee Lian Street. He was Ang Kin Seng, 24, of Garden Street. He is believed to have been stabbed by a knife and an ice-pick. According to
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  • 89 1 Mexico City, Friday.— Benjamin Morales Medina, a fanatical soccer fan, Is In jail on charges of murder and faces a mmrinrmm penalty of 40 years. He Is accused of killing a player of his favourite team who failed to score from a penalty shot. The
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 82 1 TODHV PACE 2: Big training scheme to fight trafficking and smuggling. PACE 3: Killer boats of Changi PACE 4: Karate and ball game make way for birthday. PACE 6: Problems with acupuncture anaesthesia. PACE 7: Muskie quits primaries. i PACE 9: Historic bridge that draws strolling lovers. i PACE 11
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    • 10 1 fSee Page 6: Problems Vietnam war veterans in the US.
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  • 449 2  -  By Francis Rozario The Customs Department is embarking on a major training programme to upgrade the skills of its enforcement officers in more modern methods of combating drug trafficking and the smuggling of dutiable commodities and merchandise. The programme will be launched with the
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  • 250 2  -  By Ivan Lim The Singapore Chinese Middle School Teachers' Union (SCMSTU) will hold a referendum to find out whether its members support the restoration of the cane as a means of punishment. Disclosing this today, the president of the 800-strong union. Mr. Ho Kah
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  • 261 2 A former concert pianist has arrived to join the University of Singapore's new Music Department. Mr. Edward Ho, 32. former head and chairman of the Music Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, it tipped to head the department. He Is its first staff member.
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  • 189 2 It is Illegal to cut down a tree exceeding sf. in girth, according to the Trees and Plants Act of 1970. Since this law was implemented. how well has it worked out? A spokesman for the l 3 arks and Trees Unit in the PWD
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  • 163 2 A $lOO gift voucher in the Post Office Savings Bank proved to Miss Kwan Wye Yu, 40, that she was really a lucky winner of Post Office Savings BankNew Nation Moneybox number prize. Miss Kwan thought it was all a practical joke when
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  • 149 2 The reading habit is essential to sustain and develop a modern society, because the acquisition of new knowledge and skills distinguishes a vigorous and advancing society, said Mr. S. Rajaratnam, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Mr. Rajaratnam was speaking at the opening of the Second Singapore International
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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    • 148 2 philips Stereo cassette recorder perfection. Philips N24QO. Philips invented the cassette system in the 60's. A whole new concept in audio recording and reproduction which has since conquered the world. Continuous research has kept Philips way ahead of any others in the field. As a result, we now bring you
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 332 2 Today's picture I#ist Monday's quiz photograph showed the tower of the Kreta Ayer Clinic at the Junction of Neil Road and Tanjong Pasrar Road. The first prize of $l5 goes to Inche Mohd. Arte bin Abbas, a messenger, of Beach Road. His entry was the first correct one opened by
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    • 185 2 weather Temperatures cities yesterday: Hong Kong Kuala Lumpur Manila Talpeh Tokyo Jakarta Bangkok Seoul Naha London Paris Moscow New York Sydney Melbourne Canberra Perth In world 25-21 C 33-22 C 35-24 C 26-19 C 20-12 C 33-25 C 31-23 C 18-8 C 23-20 C 13-9 C 13-5 C 10-2 C
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    • 604 2 iEMHaS Today's winning number *****5 If the last six digits of your Singapore identity card number are those shown above, you have just won a $lOO Post Office Savings Bank Gift Voucher. Your voucher will be paid into a Post Office Savings Bank account in your name. Call with your
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  • 529 3  -  Leaking, worn-out boats for hire a real danger New Nation writer TAN CHUNG LEE spent a weekend at Changi beach to test the seaworthiness of the boats hired out to the public. Unlike other picknickers who hire these sampans for $1 an hour,
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  • 337 3  -  By Peter Ong Girls are gradually replacing men as attendants at the hundreds of petrol kiosks dotting Singapore. A quick survey showed that seven out of 10 service stations employ girls. It is now estimated that there are more than 800 girls working as
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  • 38 3 Eighteen Australian businessmen will arrive this weekend to supervise their exhibits at the Building Materials Display in the Australian Trade Commissioner's showroom starting next Wednesday. About 25 Australian manufacturers will take part in the display.
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  • 151 3 The following candidates have passed the University of Singapore examination in the subject or subjects shown against their names thereby completing the First Professional Examination for the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery: Auw Tiang Meng (Biochemistry), Balakrlshnan, Abhilash—(Physiology; Biochemistry), Boey Mee Leng (Miss)—(Physiology),
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 336 3 AND THINK about yourself 10 ways the Dale Carnegie Coarse helps men aid women: Acquire poise and confidence Speak effectively Sell yourself and your ideas Be at your best with any group Remember names Think and speak on your feet Control fear and worry Be a better conversationalist Develop your
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    • 356 3 "the purple hour" when friends are close -i r i THE EAST ASIATIC COMPANY LIMITED i The S.T. Dupont table lighter. Frankly, it costs more than some tables. A table lighter isn't something that you buy every day. It's an object that you and your guests are going to be
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  • In Person
    • 806 4 Conducted by Ruth Moses, Tel: *****1 BASKETBALL sessions and karate classes shut down for one evening for a very important celebration the Young Women's Christian Association's 97th birthday dinner. The women took over the basketball couirt just behind the main building
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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  • 454 5  -  ...trapped in a twisted wreck By Wee Beng Huat Before her, two women were dying. And trapped in the same blood-spattered backseat of their car was her fiance bleeding and motionless. She screamed but could not get out. The car doors were jammed. For 10
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  • 278 5 ROAD COURTESY CAMPAIGN Since the Road Courtesy Campaign started five days ago, the number of accidents has fallen by almost 50 per cent. On Tuesday there was a low of 38 accidents compared to the average of 100 accidents daily before the campaign. The Officer-in-Charge
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  • 415 5  -  By Violet Oon Like many in the Cultural Centre last night, I was eager to see-the two one-act plays written by local playwrights and produced by the Experimental Theatre Club. The first Trace the Rainbow through the Rain by Ron Chandran Dudley, was interesting as
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  • 188 5 The Traffic Police will soon Introduce a new traffic sign on our roads double yellow lines. The single yellow lines will continue to exist but with a different meaning. At present no parking is allowed at all times on the side of the road in
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  • 27 5 Six speakers will take part In the forum. Drug Abuse and the Decadence of Youths, at the Girl Guides Association. Clemenceau Avenue, todav at 7.30 p.m.
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • BEHIND THE NEWS
    • 369 6  -  From V. K. Chin MALAYSIA Perak UMNO is expected to be reorganised soon through changes in the leadership of the State government in an attempt to strengthen the Alliance Party there. Informed sources say several top posts including that of the Mentri Besar and
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    • 984 6  -  THERE'S A STIGMA OF SIN ATTACHED TO THE WAR From Frederick Winship United Press International THE U.S. "We have the godawful lifetime job of having to atone for the Vietnam war or at least some of us do." This
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    • 425 6 United Press International CHINA From A Correspondent in Hong Kong Acupuncture anaesthesia has raised some problems that have to be solved, according to a Chinese doctor in Peking, the New China New Agency reports. Dr. Wang Kuan, doctor In charge of acupuncture anaesthesia in No.
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    • THE VOICE OF THE PRESS
      • 578 6 What other newspapers are saying: U.S. "OPINION POLL": Over the past few days, the U.S. seems to have been creating "public opinion" and "Press opinion" to support President Nixon's Vietnam policy. This is noteworthy. According to a report published yesterday, the results of an "opinion poll"
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      • 337 6 ASEAN CO-OPERATION: Ever since its inception in 1967, ASEAN has been making preparations every year to launch its various co-operation plans. Although there is still a big gap between the number of implementations and the actual recommendations, its initial progress can be regarded as fairly satisfactory. This
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      • 105 6 POLLUTION IN THE BUBAL ABEAS: As our country industrialises, the threat of pollution cannot be avoided. Efforts to control it, however, tend to be concentrated only in the urban areas while pollution in the rural areas has not been given due attention. In the rural areas, where river
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      • 181 6 DECWNB IN BAH A S A MALAYSIA: The standard of Bahasa Malaysia used by our students at present has somewhat declined. There are two main reasons for this. One is the emphasis now being given to the study of mathematics and science subsubjects wbich does not entail extensive
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 392 6 <ks*. Mr L Imported Lodiet Swim suits end Bikinis in SO different styles (Latest selection) at $12.90 per pair. Exclusive assarted Ladies imported fabrics at $l.OO a yard (Bargain Counter). Exotic Thoi silk (Hand printed) 42" at $12.90 per yard. Made in Thailand. Exotic Plain Thai silk (50 different shades)
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  • 441 7 New move to cool Ulster tension London, Friday The British government stepped, up its efforts to cool religious tension in Northern Ireland yesterday by lifting a ban on marches in the province and freeing more men held without trial. '.The government also declared an
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  • 104 7 Reuter Washington, Friday. The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday approved President Nixon's nomination of Mr. Richard Kleindlenst as US AttorneyGeneral after eight weeks of hearings. The vote was 11-4 overriding liberal Democrats on the committee. It contrasted with the unanimous approval the committee gave to Mr. Kleindienst
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  • 143 7 Reuter London, Friday. The publishers of the Oxford Dictionary are being sued for allegedly defaming the Jewish race by their definitions of the word "Jew." Mr. Marcus Shlolmovitz, a Manchester textile merchant, said last night he has taken out a writ against the Clarendon
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  • 374 7 Abidjan, Friday. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana's first president and the flrft man to lead an African colony to independence, had died in exile in Guinea. He was 62. Hailed by the people of Ghana for the nine years of presidency as the "redeemer," he
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  • 274 7 Reuter Tokyo, Friday. Three young Japanese involved in the Samurai-style ritual suicide of right wing author Yuklo Mishima have been jailed for four years. The trio—Hioyasu Koga, 24, Masayoshi Koga, 23, (unrelated), and Masachiro Ogawa, 23—were convicted by Tokyo district court yesterday of attempting to
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  • 245 7 Reuter Washington, Friday. Senator Edmund Muskie, 58, the Democratic Party's top presidential contender only two months ago, announced yesterday that he would no longer campaign in the primaries. He said he would not withdraw his candidacy, presumably hoping to become a compromise candidate at the party convention
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  • 722 7 "lT was not very long ago that commercial educational centres in Singapore went begging to fill up their half-filled classes. Today, the situation has altered appreciably. Most of these centres are now popular and the demand keeps on increasing each year as more young people finish their
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 414 8 Violence is not alien to the Philippines, but the increasing destruction and killing wrought in the Ilocos Sur province in the last few months by warring private armies is causing more than the usual concern. The main reason for this is the
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  • 'WHISPERS' by ISPY
    • 88 8 Talking about property value. I was walking past the Thai Embassy In Orchard Road the other day with a knowledgeable chap. "I bet that's worth a packet now," I said, pointing to the vast empty spaces of this commodious compound. "Yes," replied my friend. "I worked
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    • 87 8 A quiet war seems to have been raging between the London telephone directory and the Miami phone book. The latter has long been the source of unbeatable last names. Last year, however, the London phone book took the honour with the closing name of Zzzomega
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  • 706 8  -  SHIRI MULGAOKAR Is President Nixon using the freewheeling Dr. Henry Kissinger as his secret election weapon? There is no doubt that he is getting considerable political mileage out of Mr. Kissinger's act as a reai life James Bond.
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  • Letters
    • 519 8 I enjoyed reading the three-part series Nicholas and Alexandra. I had already seen the film some time ago and I was very glad to be able to read a printed version. I feel the film will become a classic of the period it is attempting
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    • 101 8 Recently, I had the frustrating experience of waiting for bus No. 193 A for nearly an hour and finally when it did come, it was overloaded. This was not the only time I have had to wait for so long. Normally I have to wait for
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    • 155 8 It a common sight every morning to see groups or commuters congregating at the Serangoon Garden bus terminus and various stops along Ylo Chu Kang Road. These unfortunate people, usually stand under the sun and rain for 45 minutes or more, waiting for bus No. 102 A. As
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    • 73 8 Two bus services run from Queenstown to Changl Point and also two from Delta to Changl Point. But there's no direct bus service from Toa Payoh to Changl Point. The Housing and Development Board pool in Toa Payoh will not be completed until September next year. Meanwhile,
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    • 113 8  -  A.N. I waited recently for bus Nos. 121 and 141 at the Prince Edward Road terminal from 5.30 p.m. to 6.10 p.m. when the bus came. Together with a few people, I was about to board the bus when the driver told us that the bus
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    • 63 8  -  KOH LIAN HWI Registry of Vehicles, Singapore 7. With reference to the complaint by Mr. Philip Tham Sek Nang (NN, April 5) against the bus drivers of Service No. 50, the writer is advised to supply my Department the registration numbers of the buses concerned, date and
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    • 140 8 I have read much in the Press about the rudeness of taxi drivers and their association defending some against allegations. Furthermore, the Registrar of Vehicles has Introduced a special squad to rectify various mistakes and reduce accidents on the roads. I was at the taxi
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    • 87 8 Civil servants are entitled to their 13th-month allowance if they have served for a period of one year to the end of March 1972. My problem is that I have served that period with the Singapore Telephone Board and resigned on April 3, 1972. The important factor
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    • 79 8  -  G.S. Recently, mosquitoes have multiplied in Hillview Housing Estate. Not long ago, men from the Health Department did come round the estate to carry out house-to-house checks for any possible mosquito breeding areas. This, however, didn't seem to help. Perhaps, the authorities would take some concrete steps, such
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    • 77 8 Some time ago a diplomat said that a TV quiz show was so silly that it staggered the imagination. Many viewers are forced to watch the show because they have nothing better to do. I feel the show should be scrapped. Though some of the competitors are
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 8 Miscellaneous
    • 37 8 /."/s/'i m mm. fMfy/ X',/z/ iH "Z'W'" -< /M///. >/<?//* v. vm y- 'Greetings, French Liberators!' 'Greetings, Nationalist Liberators!' 'Greetings, Viet Cong Liberators!' 'Greetings, American Liberators!' ggip^ %i mzp-, mMm-. 'Greetings, Government Liberators!' 'Greetings,North Vietnamese; Liberators!' V.:V/AV// V.y.W...////././."""SSSf/'Sff/SsSSSSSSSS////'//'.V/.V/.v.y////^/>//. ssssss/r
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  • Our Heritage
    • 1350 9  -  PRESENTED BY BETTY L. KHOO Bridges have been romanticised through the ages by song writers and lovers and immortalised by poets and writers. London has its famous London Bridge, San Francisco its Golden Gate, Paris its bridges over the River Seine the list is
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    • 596 9  -  UIHERE ARE 1 IHEV noui J By Tan Chung Lee It was because of her father that she took up badminton and became the youngest girl to win the Malayan Badminton Championships for women. And it was because of
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  • SHOPPING
    • 742 10 QTOP killing your back? Have you ever taken a seat, then find on getting up that your back is killing you? There's only one thing wrong. Your chair is killing you, slowly. Or at least it's ageing you before your time. I can still remember when
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 232 10 if BLACKLITES if FLUORESCENT POSTERS ir STICKERS if GROOVY T-SHIRTS if FLUORESCENT ACCESSORIES 5 fii Jc POP SCENE (MEMBEROF "TIE KYCHEBELL' FRANCHISE GROUP) Supreme Houm Bawtnt B-10, S'pore. Tel: ***** Open Doily 9.30 a.m.—6.30 p.m. (Including Sot. ft Sunday) Tims, ft Frl. 9.30 a.m. t.30 p.m. ARTHUR MARTIN COOKS BETTER
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    • 140 10 ADRIAN'S CREATION OF AMAZING VARIETY OF DESIGNS IN CANE FURNITURE IS SIMPLE HANDSOME EXTREMELY MODERN FUNCTIONAL AND LAST FOR YEARS LEADING EXPORTERS OF CANE FURNITURE THROUGHTOUT THE WORLD DEALERS IN FURNISHING MATERIALS DUNLOP PILLOWS WE WELCOME YOUR VISIT TO OUR SHOWROOM AT 425 RIVER VALLEY ROAD, SINGAPORE 10. G.P.O. BOX
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    • 290 10 MOCCU COMES TO SIIUFIU iropean Award for Next tim« you mmyt tilts ask tor •i In attractive fine MOCCtA Italian ceramic tiles iHing designs To home atnKMphere You'll be glad you < W1M1 the 1971 Europe** Award for fuw quality tiles In attractive colours and appealing' designs To give you
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  • TREND
    • 453 11 Washington, Friday Medical scientists have reacted angrily to an article in the journal of the American Medical Association —the second such article in 3* years by an executive of the leading producer of oral contraceptives which asserts that the millions of women on the Pill do
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    • 85 11 London, Friday Army wives in Britain have started a moustache mutiny. They objected to the moustaches their husbands were sporting when the battalion came home on leave from Ulster. The trouble began when the men of the Third Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers began a moustache
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    • 937 11  -  EATING OUT WITH WENDY HUTTON One of the major social centres of British life is the pub. Pubs range from fancy establishments resplendent in plush red velvet and etched mirrors to ancient riverside buildings that project over the water; from historic coaching
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    • 239 11 Kuala Lumpur, Friday The National Family Planning Board is concerned about a rumour that the intra-uterine device (lUD) can travel to the heart or brain. The rumour was having a psychological effect on women fitted with the lUD and several of them had turned up at family
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    • 241 11 Hanae Mori, the Japanese couturier who has taken America and Europe by storm, has always been remarkable for her fabric designs which have been described as "collectors' print". Her print come in wrinkleproof heavy chirimen, chiffon, sfttin, silk and has recently been woven into cotton, sheer
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    • 275 11 Chicago, Friday A University of Illinois student said today that he was called a "male chauvinist pig," by three aggressive girls who tore open his shirt, pulled down his pants and threatened to rape him. William Chester, 34, said the three coeds attacked him
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • RENT-A-CAR
    • 1131 12 THANKS TO CAR RENTAL SERVICES Just for $l2 anybody can drive around like a millionaire for an hour that is. Thanks to the rental services available in the Republic. The car rental service In Singapore, as In other countries, has grown side by side with the
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    • 360 12 What can the hire car agent do if the hirer takes the car and commits on offence with it? The answer to the question is: NOTHING. According to the police, he can end up having the car confiscated if it is proved
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    • 1037 13 A FLEET OF THEM CASH IN ON THE CAR HIRING BUSINESS Although the pirate taxi racket has gone off the roads for good, an Increasing number of pirate car rental services are now cashing In on the car hiring business. A fleet of them are fighting
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    • 534 13 Rent-a-car counters provide chauffeurs too You can now have a chauffeur waiting for you at your beck and call with the introduction of the rent-a-car counters at the Paya Lebar Airport. All you need to Go when you step down from the plane
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • 158 14 By Our Market* Correspondent The share market continued to be speculative In activity and optimistic in mood yesterday. Gains in general were slight in many sections of the market. Losses, on the other hand, were also marginal. Austral Malay Tin gained 90 cents to $5.40 but only 1000
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  • 303 14  -  CAMERA CORNER By WANG SU FAH An interesting subject matter is what every photographer is looking for. A suitable location has to be found. With some imagination and a lot of ideas, any ordinary "record scene" can be transformed into something unusual or outstanding. Beneath
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  • 117 14 United Press International NEW YORK, Friday.— Trading slackened late in the session yesterday as the stock market closed mixed to slightly lower. Gulf Oil headed the active list for much of the session helped by a block of 734,100 shares traded at 25, off
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  • 92 14 Reuter LONDON, Friday. Equities closed higher in moderate two-way interest and at 3 p.m. the Financial Time index was up 2.7 at 531.8. ICI and Beechams met most support among leaders while tobaccos were an exceptionally firm market. Engineerings were mixed. Brooke Bond reduced an
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  • 159 14 Allied Ctoem 33% Alcoa 52% Am Brands 4* Am Can 36 >4 AT ft T 42% Anaconda 11% Beth Steel 31* Boeing 21% Caterp Trac 54% Chrysler 33% Coca-Cola 127% Control Data 63% Core Ol Wkj 233 Dow Cbtm 93 DuPont 167% E Kodak 117% Ford Mot 71%
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  • 81 14 HONG KONG, Friday Hong Kong Development limited (HKD), a real estate developer, acquired properties worth about US$5OO,OOO ($1.5 million) In Singapore and Western Australia, a HKD spokesman said today. HKD reached an agreement on Thursday in Hong Kong with the Board of Temenggong Securities Ltd, a
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  • SPORT 1
    • 1163 14  -  (<±* TALK WITH JOHN FITCH The 1972 World Cup will be held in Hamburg, West Germany late In November. It is expected to host more than 40 nations. It is very interesting to note that the organisers are trying out an event for ladles. Only 16
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    • 305 14 Star studded Indian Association have paved their way for the Singapore Hockey Association division one title, reports Mr. Param. With three straight wins, lA, which comprises several past and present internationals, are heading the league table. They have, to date, six points
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    • 135 14 Football Association of Singapore Selection will meet South Korea in a friendly international at Jalan Besar Stadium on Sunday. Kick-off is at 7.30 p.m. The players for the Selections are Rashld (Farrer Park, Singapore Marble), Quah Chul Heong (Jalan Besar, Jebsen and Jessen), Ha mid Ismail
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    • 595 16 By Gene Swinstead Denmark is to send a 24-strong gymnastics team for a series of demonstrations in Singapore early next year. The team's instructor, Mr. Knud BJorn, was in Singapore yesterday to make advance representation for the team. He said the team would definitely be prepared
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    • 229 16 Bangkok, Friday.—South Korea and New Zealand will host Asian elimination rounds for the 1974 World Cup soccer tournament, the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) decided here yesterday. The confederation said the group "A" elimination round between Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, South Vietnam
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    • 155 16 San Francisco, Friday.— The bases will be "beeping" ami the crowd silent on Saturday when two all-blind softball teams take the field at Golden Gate Park. Spectators can't cheer because the batter might not "hear" the specially designed softball. Neither the players at bat nor
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    • 40 16 Tokyo. Friday—Orient welterweight champion Sortmavhl Ryu of Japan yesterday won a non-title match by 5-round knock-out against the WBA Junior middleweight third ranked Thurman Ouran of the US here. The knock-out time was 2 minutes I seconds.
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    • 125 16 Dublin, Friday. Pride alone la at stake In tomorrow's Rugby Union International oetween Ireland and France at Lansdowne Road. Ireland's hopes of winning this season's International championships were crushed when Scotland and Wales both refused to travel to Dublin because of the political situation in Ulster. The
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    • 324 16 London, Friday. England's Nations Cup quarter final battle with West Germany overshadows the English league soccer scene tomorrow with all the main first division championship contenders idle. But if the three scheduled premier division matches are of only academic interest, there is plenty of potential action
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    • 84 16 Glasgow, Friday. Glasgow Rangers, who meet Moscow Dynamo in the European Cup Winners Cup final in Barcelona on May 24, slumped to a surprise 3-4 home defeat against bottom club Dunfermline Athletic in a Scottish First Division match last night. This surprise victory gave Dunfermline a slim
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    • 25 16 Moscow, Friday. The US national basketball team defeated the Ukraine national team 82-78 in Kiev yesterday night, the Tass News Agency said.
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    • 16 16 United Press International National Leaftte Phillies 7 San Fran. American League No r*mes scheduled
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    • 173 16 Southport, England, Friday—Tony Jacklin. former British and US open golf champion, squandered a lead of five strokes and crashed out of the Piccadilly 12,000 sterling medal play knock-out tournament at Hillside here yesterday. He lost by one shot in the third round to his
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    • 69 16 United Press International Dallas, Friday.—Steadily pounding rains poured out of a heavy, gray skv yester day drenching Preston Trail golf club and forcing tournament officials to postpone the first round of the U*****,000 Byron Nel son golf classic. "Yesterday's round has been rained out and will be
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    • 21 16 Port A'egre, Brazil, Friday.— Brazil, world soccer champions, beat Paraguay tbiee-two in an international match here last night.
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    • 30 16 Public Utilities Board Recreation Club will meet Kandang Kerbau Hospital today at the Jalan Besar Stadium in the finals of the Division 3 Government Services league tournament.
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    • 366 16 SEPAK TAKRAW Inche Mohammed Ohazali bin Ismail will stand for re-election as president of the Singapore Amateur Sepak Takraw Association at the general meeting at the Joo Seng Community Centre tomorrow at 5.30 p.m. Inche Ohazali. who is also the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of
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    • 163 16 FOOTBALL Bangkok, Friday The disciplinary committee of the Asian Football Confederation yesterday recommended that one South Korean and five Burmese players be suspended for terms ranging up to one year for their behaviour in Wednesday night's matches of the current Asian youth soccer tournament. The
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    • 74 16 Tel Aviv. Friday All Israel's league soccer matches will be called off this Saturday if referees carry out their threat to strike in protest against recent assaults made on them by unruly fans. The Referees Association called the strike after recent incidents in which several
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    • 454 16 Now they're stars of RI hockey bid The Raffles Institution "A" boys hockey team is now on the threshold of emulating the success of its soccer counterpart in the nationals schools tournament thanks to the same set of players. Two of the goals in
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    • 1197 17  -  By Dennis Chia Kaewtippay aratra Sumet of Thailand is one person in this world who can claim that he is the only "footballer who scored a 10,000 mile goal." And four years later, after learning the techniques and skills of football in London and
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    • 117 17 Norwich, Friday. Bjorn Borg, the 15-year-old Swedish schoolboy who has been nominated to play in his country's Davis Cup team, reached the semifinals of the International tennis tournament here yesterday. But his top-seeded compatriot Torje Svensson was defeated by Francois Caujolle of France, who scored a
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    • 34 17 Colombo, Friday. Ceylon beat Pakistan and India in a three nation international golf match here. Ceylon team carded 314, Pakistan 319, and India •>33 in the match which ended yesterday.
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    • 37 17 NBA playoff standings (Best of 7 finals) w Angeles 0 1 1.000 Wednesday's results Y °f k 11* Lo« Angeles 92 Bill Bradley scores 29 pU., Jerry Lucas 26 for New York Nicks.
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    • 20 17 London. Friday Distillery beat Br.llymena United by two to «ro in an Irish league football match last night
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    • 276 17 Rome, Friday. Only one seeded player was beaten yesterday as the Italian tennis championships settled down to a more predictable pattern after the elimination of the topseeded players in both singles events on Wednesday. Rhodesian Andrew Pattison scored yesterday's upset win, toppling seventhseeded Tom Gorman of
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    • 174 17 Amsterdam, Friday. Reykjavik is willing to organise both legs of the world chess championships match between Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union and challenger Bobby Fischer of the United States, an international chess spokesman said yesterday. This solution would be in line with the Soviet Chess
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    • 567 17 Sobers lashes NZ manager hits back Reuter Port Of Spain, Trinidad. Friday.—The New Zealand cricket team must approach the game in a more positive way if it is to improve. said Gary Sobers, the West Indies captain, at the end of the drawn flvetest series here last night. "I think
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    • 239 17 London, Friday England opening batsman John Edrich and Oxford University's Mike Heal scored the first centuries of the 1972 English cricket season yesterday. Edrich hit 124, his 80th three-figure Innings, for Surrey against MCC and Heal scored his maiden century, 124 not out, for
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    • 78 17 Jakarta, Friday. Thailand, Malaysia, Japan and Singapore are expected to send their top shuttlers to participate in the first Jakarta Open badminton tournament to be held from May 24-27, It was reported here yesterday. According to badminton officials, Thailand would send four players, Japan three and
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    • 395 17 By Blue Peter Star performer on the track at Ipoh this morning was the Jaafar Padzeli-t rained Beauty Beauty. Ridden by Ismail Asban the Snark six year old strode out in ereat style to clock the smart time of 36 for 3f. The going was
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    • 41 17 Newmarket, England, Friday—Jockey Ed Hide rode Waterloo to a two-length victory over French-trained Marisela yesterday in the 1,000 Guineas Stakes, first of the English flat racing season's classics. Third In the 18-horse field was 5-2 favourite, Rose Dubarry.
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    • 169 17 Ipoh, Thursday. Three times champion jockey Glynn Pretty has turned down an attractive offer by leading South Australian trainer Bart Cummings, to ride in Hong Kong, whose racing industry is experiencing a boom at the moment, reports Blue Peter. Pretty, it will be remembered was the
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    • 204 17 Vancouver, Friday. Muhammed Ali is on a rigorous training programme to get his weight down to 210-lbs for his 12-round bout on May 1 in the Pacific Coliseum against heavyweight champion George Chuvalo. If he succeeds, Ali will be at his lowest weight
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    • 144 14 NEW NATION Photographic Contest Name Address Title: Camera: Exposure: Camera Corner weekly photographic contest. Below are the rules of the competition. It's open to all with cash prizes. Rules 1. The Contest is open to all Singapore photographers. Z. Minimum size is 6" x 8" on glossy surface. 3. An
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    • 139 14 DR. KILDARE by Ken Bald WELL, DOCTOR x„» DO I HAVE ANY RIGHT TO FEEL 4 AS WONDERFUL AS X DO? y YOU DO. THE MYASTHENIA GRAVIS IS UNDER CONTROL. AND WE'LL j TRY TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. i Rrfirs rv» fej jl iJs! ->s RIP KIRBY WELL, I
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    • 48 18 "Hello there!" That's what Veronica Ang, 19, seems to be saying as she steps out from behind the tree trunk for this pose. The friendly-looking girl's big ambition is to be "a good housewife." Her hobbies: Cooking and fashion designing.
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    • 273 18 Honesty is not always the best policy. That was the unhappy lesson learned by a Danish housewife in Copenhagen who honestly, but unwisely informed the tax authorities about US$4OO,OOO in cash and securities hidden by her late mother. The result was that the authorities took
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    • 158 18 It is possible, said the British research team, that women may be worse drivers than men, possible. And that is as far as the British Government's Transport and Road Research Laboratory would go. Reporting on a sevenmonth study of road accident
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    • 59 18 AH FOOK: Well I'm glad the Apollo 16 astronauts are back safe and sound but I must say walking on the ihoon has very quickly lost its glamour. MEI LIN: Definitely. I think solving how old the moon is could well and truly wait until after we solve
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    • 132 18 Today is Friday, April 28, the 119 th day of 1972 with 247 to follow. THE MOON: Full. THE MORNING STARS: Mercury and Jupiter. THE EVENING STARS: Venus, Mars and Saturn. Those born on this day are under the sign of Taurus. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: In 1945.
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    • 36 18 Japanese adults running away from home now outnumber teenagers, the National Police Agency reported. The agency said there were about 97,000 runaways last year, of which all but 1000 were found.
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    • 426 18  -  By Gay Pauley in New York The letter came from a public school teacher in New York who wanted to share the creative writing assignments her first-graders were doing every week. Mrs. Martha Adams, mother of three and grandmother of five, enclosed several
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    • 33 18 A special organisation has been created in Venice to award prizes and subsidies for the upkeep and furnishings of gondolas and provide gondoliers with lessons in foreign languages and Venetian history.
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 465 18 5 Singapore 3.00 Opening and Where the Heart Is 3.20 For the Family (E) 3.45 A Diary of Events in Singapore this Week (E) 3.50 It's Happening in Singapore (E —Rpt) 4.05 Days of Our Lives 4.30 Close 6.00 Opening and Felix, the Cat 6.30 News in Brief 6.35 Patty
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    • 58 18 SHORT RIBS is •£5 m ES SNIFFY mmm 4% v x'" >: •&> %-.-W <v>> L tin By Frank O' »s*> ffl Mii <1 M v^i: rm m CAPP DON'T FRET, ANbV, I CAN ALWAYS BE A SISTER T VER WHAT DWER SAi D'VER THINK OUR CttDDY VOULS STAND ANOTHER
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    • 443 18 Trust your lucky star IF IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY BORN today, you are one of those persona who Is never defeated by anything. Whatever happens to you—good or ill—is grist for your mill, becomes part of your full character development. When hit by disappointment or distress, you respond as others do—you
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