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...staff of inspectors operating from "control posts in big ports, railroad junctions, motor roads and airdromes." These inspectors would "watch that there are no dangerous concentrations of ground forces or of air and naval forces," and "within the bounds of the control functions they exercise, would have unhindered access at any time to all objects of control." This kind of pretense at control lends itself to the absurdities of the truce inspection teams in Korea and Indo-China: unless the host nation defines an arsenal as nuclear, the inspectors would have no right to peek there...
...might aid materially in preserving the Charles from being made a hideous spectacle of factories, wharfs, and tenement houses; as well as save them from the ravages of ruthless speculators. All we are asked to do is to sign the petitions which have been left in places of easy access--a slight effort in view of what it may accomplish...
Aside from the volunteers, who now come to the ward every weekday afternoon, these particular patients have little to break their monotony. Infrequently they do have access to the limited "occupational therapy" facilities, but generally they just sit--waiting for volunteers, bedtime, and meals. Meals, according to an occupational therapist at the hospital, are "quite a sight." "The food is mainly bread and macaroni," she bitterly explained, adding, "The patients are herded to the cafeteria, or rather to the mess hall--and I mean mess...
Possibly the last group of Dental School students for some time to come have gained access to the medical profession through the side door of dentistry...
...literary Fort Knox, with its invaluable treasures buried in regulations. Built and endowed (with $11.5 million) in 1930 by Oil Tycoon Henry Clay Folger to house his vast, scattered hoard of Shakespeariana, the library was run almost like an exclusive club. Only scholars known to its staffers could gain access to its books and manuscripts-after writing in advance. Even the favored few were stopped by the silken rope, had to sit on a bench until a staff member came to escort them to the books. As a result, days went by without a single visitor gracing the reading room...