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Nteta said this evening that the company could not disclaim responsibility for what its distributor did. Nteta also said that Polaroid is relying on the ignorance of its workers about the conditions in South Africa...
...Jordanian flyers had the sky almost to themselves. The Syrian air force never showed up, probably because Damascus was worried about Israel and was also feeling pressure from Moscow to withdraw. Furthermore, once its planes entered into combat, Syria could no longer disclaim responsibility for the invasion. But from time to time a flight of eight Israeli Mirages showed up over the battlefield near Irbid. The Israeli jets took no part in the battle; they were there to take pictures of the fighting-as were a number of U.S. photo-reconnaissance planes. An Israeli source said that the Mirages were...
...both East and West Germany, the egomaniacal Führer has become something of a nonperson. The East Germans rather self-righteously disclaim any role or responsibility for the Nazi years: after all, they are Communists, and Hitler was the rotten fruit of a decaying capitalist system. For the West Germans, coming to terms with that era is more difficult...
Wits rated it with the Suez invasion as one of Britain's more disastrous Middle Eastern ventures. Prime Minister Harold Wilson hastened to disclaim responsibility for the entire affair. The Times of London spoke somberly "of hospitality blasted, of reputations uprooted and of good intentions snatched up and hurled hundreds of yards into limbo." Added the Times: "A deafening silence has descended over the Middle East. Only the occasional soft sounds of a tank battle serve to fill the echoing void that has been left by the return home of Mr. George Brown...
...whose role is to prevent young men from being drafted unfairly. Most of the draft lawyers are young men in big cities who oppose the Viet Nam war and work for modest fees-though some charge as much as $3,000 for a case that goes to court. All disclaim any intention of counseling their clients to evade the draft, a federal crime that carries a five-year sentence. As in tax cases, the legal word is "avoidance," euphemistic as it sounds...