Word: supportable
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Essential Element. Nixon was thinking of the Middle East. During the preliminary soundings for the cease-fire plan put forward by Secretary of State William Rogers, the Soviets gave their support, raising the possibility that they were finally ready to work with the U.S. for equitable settlements there and elsewhere. But Soviet actions have since undermined the essential element for international settlements: faith in the other side's intentions...
Time for Girls. When they want to, that is. Like their famed colleague, Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, who also flew an A1, South Vietnamese pilots are flashy, hard-living and at times insubordinate. The Vietnamese pilot may refuse to make a tactical support strike if he does not happen to like the ground commander calling for one. "American pilots go wherever and whenever they are ordered, with no questions asked," says one South Vietnamese ground commander. "With the Vietnamese, you can never be sure. If you call for an air strike in the late afternoon, they will say that...
Senator Abraham Ribicoff, whose Subcommittee on Executive Reorganization studied the malpractice mess last October, said it was becoming a "national crisis." But few agree on what action should be taken. Most physicians support legislation limiting their liability; many urge the A.M.A. or the Government to underwrite a reinsurance pool for physicians who cannot obtain malpractice insurance from other carriers. Some suggest that the patient carry surgical-accident insurance similar to that now available to airline passengers. Almost all attack the contingent-fee system under which lawyers receive a portion, usually one-third, of any award made to the patient...
Sensible System. Lawyers take a different position. Many argue that malpractice suits enable society to help bear the cost of human tragedy, and they support Los Angeles Attorney David Harney's contention that the medical community has a "proneness toward patient neglect and disregard." They also defend the contingent-fee system on the grounds that it enables even the poorest patient to bring his case to court...
Though the similarities among guerrilla groups seem less a matter of conspiracy than a kind of contagion or psychological empathy, there is evidence that organizations like the Panthers, in the U.S., and Palestinian guerrillas exchange not only ideas and moral support but also financial backing. There is no lack of spots where guerrillas of several continents can get together. In Cuba, Fidel Castro's Sierra Maestra Guerrillero camps have taught more than 5,000 foreign recruits such techniques as sabotage, bomb making and murder since 1961. Most of Castro's trainees have come from Latin America...