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...arms funding amounted to the second highest per capita in the world, trailing only South Vietnam. And after Allende took office, the military aid, which he left alone because of the 1970 pledge, continued after other U.S. aid and loans were cut off. By strengthening a conservative and powerful sector of Chilean society, the U.S. is ultimately responsible for the present military dictatorship whether CIA agents shot at Allende...
When the Grepos began firing long, sustained bursts last week, several hundred residents of the French sector rushed to their windows and balconies to watch the tragic drama below. On the death strip, which at night is always illuminated with high-intensity floodlights, three people were running for their lives. One was cut down, and the other two were captured before they could get to the Wall. All three were hauled roughly away...
DIALECTICS and wit make such excellent bedfellows. It suggests a major oversight in the matchmaking sector of Absolute Mind that the two should enjoy so few opportunities for collaboration. But conuptial beds are hard to come by for children of hostile houses, particularly when the houses in question behave as if they had never heard of each other. And what houses are more deaf to each other than the one with the monopoly on dialectical thought and the one with its valuables stored in the parlors of the past two centuries...
...private sector. Nixon asked for the conservation of energy on a "voluntary basis." If airlines slightly decrease the frequency of flights-while raising the average jetliner load from the present 52% to 60%-they will save about 1.3 billion gallons a year. Citizens can help too. They should drive more slowly on highways to cut gas consumption, and they should set thermostats on their air conditioners to provide room temperatures about four degrees warmer than usual. That would require from 15% to 20% less electricity. Summed up Nixon: "I believe that the American people must develop an energy-conservation ethic...
...opposed the demogrant because "it gives money to people who don't need it." She objected to "giving so much to blue collar workers for new cars and television sets, when so much is needed in the public sector...