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...Force pilots over Hanoi drew small comfort from the stringent warning to avoid residential areas. Their orders specified that if any plane got shot down outside a city, a jet protective patrol would be put overhead and a helicopter brought in to rescue them within the hour. If, however, a pilot crashed his aircraft in an urban area, he was told that he could "speak saroya," Air Force jargon for goodbye. Going in on the fourth wave over Hanoi, the pilot of the downed F-105 Thunderchief did in fact speak saroya: hit by crippling fire, he bailed out. Later...
...Administration has all but decided against taking any such stringent measures. It has no intention of slashing foreign aid, though rebellious congressional leaders are talking of reducing it by $1 billion. As for a head tax on foreign-bound U.S. tourists, who will contribute about $2.5 billion to the payments deficit this year, compared to $1.8 billion last year, Fowler said that such an idea has been "laid quietly to rest for the time being." In all, the Administration plans to continue relying on its "voluntary" restraints, which have proved to be ineffective and which put practically all the burden...
...ponder as well the inherent risks of ill-advised or casual speculation." Everybody talked about the small investor, but Etherington seemed to be pointing as well at mutual, pension and investment funds. Rules and reminders, however, did little to bank the fires. Last week, therefore, in the most stringent set of rules ever adopted, the two exchanges simultaneously cracked down...
...murder, attack or intimidate either civil rights workers or others exercising their constitutional rights." In the new civil rights bill, which the President will send to Congress this month, he is asking 1) stiffer penalties for threats of violence interfering with a series of broad civil rights; 2) more stringent criteria for the selection of Southern juries...
Moreover, to concentrate doesn't mean devoting exclusive attention to one subject. Evn the most stringent course requirement demands only eight of your total 16 1/2 courses; this still leaves more than half of your academic time for exploring diverse curiosities and trying out new interests...