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...because itchy soldiers fired whenever a window went up too fast. There were rumors that pro-Allende army units were in command of the southern part of the country. By week's end, the military officially declared that life in the capital was returning to normal. But a stringent curfew remained in effect, the airports stayed closed, and all communications with the outside world were censored...
...more than half of the devices (31 by week's end) have been detected and defused, largely as a result of stringent national security measures drawn up after last spring's bombing of the Old Bailey. Scotland Yard has advised people to smell envelopes for almond and marzipan odors characteristic of explosives, check for grease marks caused by sweating explosives, and look for unusual or irregular handwriting on packages. Stories on how to handle suspect mail have appeared in almost every British newspaper, and commuters disembarking at tube stops, train stations and bus stops have been deluged with...
...would be more than presumptuous to expect them to formulate an all-purpose campaign scandals bill that could completely prevent any kind of election hanky-panky from again tainting the American political scene; as we are beginning to see from the Committee's hearings, even the most stringent precautionary regulation of campaign expenditures and contributions can be easily bypassed by a few shrewd men with a laundry bag, cash, and an office wall safe...
...solid, expressed in the façades of Villa Cornaro and Villa Malcontenta, subtly prepares the visitor for the less consciously felt proportions of the rooms within. For there was nothing improvised in Palladio. His plans-always axial, with lesser rooms grouped symmetrically around a high hall-obey stringent rules of harmony, not only in the three dimensions of each room, but in the relation of chambers one to another...
...drive to the Petersberg Hotel from the airport, a few anti-Brezhnev slogans appeared. In general, the mood was calm. That may have been because the security precautions in Bonn were the most stringent in the history of the Federal Republic. At least 6,500 police and border guards patrolled the Rhine-side capital; Brezhnev's temporary residence at the refurbished Petersberg was surrounded by guards. Only three mass demonstrations were authorized by the cautious local police-one organized by the pro-Brezhnev German Communist Party (D.K.P.) and two by right-wing groups protesting the visit...