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...roads, and as he peers with smarting eyes through the ubiquitous smog. The Japanese are somewhat shamefaced that while Paris has had a complete sewage system for 200 years, only 9.2% of Japanese homes boast flush toilets. That total includes even Tokyo, whose 11.4 million residents account for one-tenth of the country's population. "We have lacked investment in social-overhead capital," says Sato, "and this is a good moment to improve that...
...after two years of disappointment, put down Lehigh for the 52nd consecutive year. Yale, still dangerous with halfback Dick Jauron, rubbed out Connecticut for the 21 time in 23 attempts. And Dartmouth, although decimated by graduation and working with a new coach, rumbled past Massachusetts, 31-7, for its tenth straight victory. The Ivy power structure--built around Harvard, Dartmouth, Princeton and Yale--is basically intact, with the addition of Cornell this year to make things interesting...
...occasion was the publication of Books Do Furnish a Room, the tenth in the master's projected twelve-volume series, A Dance to the Music of Time. After the induction of new members, the chairman noted that our rolls were moderate in England and small in America, but growing. A motion was defeated to lower the entrance requirement from a close reading of six volumes in the series to a close reading of three. During the discussion it was pointed out that the series so far had covered a span of more than three decades of English life...
...while driving at night, when driving conditions are most hazardous. Goldstein said he also was "astonished" to discover that "measurable alcohol" had been a contributing factor in up to 60% of auto deaths involving youths between 16 and 24. That means at least one-tenth of 1% alcoholic content in the driver's blood-the equivalent for a 160-Ib. male of five shots of 100-proof whisky guzzled on an empty stomach within an hour...
...Profile. For the past 2½years President Nixon has sought to present a "low profile," an understandable attitude on the part of a man who had rocks thrown at him in Lima and Caracas in 1958. Noting the tenth anniversary of the Alliance a fortnight ago, Nixon pointedly observed that "each nation must take the initiative and primary responsibility for meeting the challenges of its development...