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...general, they are anti-expansionist. Some believe that every inch of captured territory must be returned. Others hedge on the issue of Jerusalem and, in addition, would like "secure" boundaries, especially around the Golan Heights. But all object to the new settlements now being established in occupied territory and oppose further annexation of Arab land...

Author: By Diana L. Ordin, | Title: The 'New Leftniks': Opposition in Israel | 5/1/1970 | See Source »

...joint is damaged, the ball of bone at the head of the femur may rub against the roughened surface of the socket in the hip proper (see diagram), causing severe and immobilizing pain. Replacing the head of the femur with a stainless steel ball (just under an inch in diameter for the average patient) is relatively easy. The difficulty is to secure the ball to the femur. In early operations, the shaft holding the ball was screwed into the femur. Charnley was dissatisfied with the method because the shaft sometimes came loose. A dentist friend proposed that he "cement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The New New Hip | 4/27/1970 | See Source »

Though the issue seemed decided, no one could be absolutely certain that all of the votes would be delivered on the roll call. Spectators were crunched into every inch of the galleries and scores of senatorial aides crowded the floor aisles as Vice President Agnew, fumbling, announced that "the question is on the nomination of George Howard Carswell." The clerk called "Aiken," and Vermont's senior Senator immediately answered "Aye." Then bells rang throughout the Senate side of the Capitol, signaling the start of the roll call, and the chamber fell silent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Seventh Crisis of Richard Nixon | 4/20/1970 | See Source »

...went into one old woman's apartment that had an inch-wide crack running the width of the ceiling. I tried to tell her that with rent control, she could force the landlord to abide by the housing code. She could make him fix the crack...

Author: By Gary Snyder, | Title: Stay in the Streets: Why | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

...fact that [these films received so many nominations] many have more to do with beef Stroganoff and imported champagne and three-inch thick prime ribs than with anything in the nature of Academics," an article in the New York Times said a week ago. The gist of the article was that there is a direct correlation between the amount of promotion within the Academy that a film gets and the number of nominations it receives...

Author: By Jeremy S. Bluhm, | Title: The Tube Oscarnite | 4/13/1970 | See Source »

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