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...Theft. The complexities would be horrifying. To begin with, how would the basic ration be apportioned? If each car got a ration, as in World War II, the self-indulgent, three-car family (which scarcely existed then) could drive three times as much as the family that had held down traffic congestion and air pollution by using only one auto. If every driver received coupons, the family with four licensed drivers-husband, wife and two teen-agers-would get four times as much gas as the family in which Dad did all the driving. Rations could be allotted by family...
...missing securities, estimates that $50 billion in illegitimate paper is afloat, most of it blue-chip stocks and some of it federal, state, municipal and corporate bonds. Insurance companies are the ultimate victims. They must make good to any insured bank or brokerage house that takes a loss by theft or by buying hot securities in good faith. Most banks and brokerages are covered. The individual investor can recover any losses if securities held for him by an insured bank or brokerage are stolen...
...McGee mixture is an agreeable blend of boat lore, suspense, machismo, sex and lighthearted sadism. The Scarlet Ruse turns on the theft of $500,000 worth of rare postage stamps. In The Turquoise Lament, McGee learns that a thieving Florida lawyer blocks the forward progress of justice-and of the plot. He invades the miscreant's country estate, eases him from the middle of a disgraceful orgy, binds him and drops him live into a freshly dug backwoods grave-a marvel of vengeful fantasy. Lawyers are the schoolyard bullies of modern society, against whom no ordinary child dares battle...
Hall's idea to move students who remain in Cambridge for the Christmas vacation into one dorm and to close the others brought protests from many students and faculty members. The problems in getting around the room contracts which students signed and of theft and liability which may result will probably prevent such a move. Instead, students who stay in their rooms may find their thermostats dropping below the 60-degree mark...