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...other Indian leader had ever done before. "The Americans are in a difficult situation, and I can understand their difficulties now," she said. "I have been in my talks with Mr. Johnson impressed by the sincerity of the President's desire for a peaceful settlement in that war-torn country." Later, in a joint communiqué, the President and Mrs. Gandhi agreed that there should be a "just and peaceful solution of this problem" and that Red China's aggressive policies "pose a threat to peace, particularly in Asia." That night, calling at the Indian Embassy ostensibly...
...inertial-navigation system for Pan Am so that pilots soon will be able to know exactly where they are at all times-without any visual reference to ground or water. Airlines are experimenting with lasers and other devices to spot the dreaded "CAT" (clear-air turbulence), which may have torn the tail off a BOAC jet near Mount Fuji a month...
Worse yet, with three more weeks of the season still to go, opera-buffs-turned-scavengers are already at work. Chunks of plaster and strips of damask wall covering have been torn away and the crystal pendants on some of the light fixtures have been stolen, as have many of the name cards on the dressing-room doors. To discourage further looting, the Met has removed most of the paintings, sculpture and memorabilia on display...
...principle behind the road-beauty bill signed last October by President Johnson and dubbed, because of Mrs. Johnson's neonolithic support of it, "the Lady Bird bill." So business is good. NESA members have already conducted campaigns in Ohio and Washington in which dilapidated old signs were torn down, clearing the way for new, more elaborate and more expensive signs...
...neither Leete nor Miss Boyer knows how to move onstage. Leete occasionally relaxed enough not to look pained, but Miss Boyer was obviously frightened by the smallest prop manipulations. The general staging was no help. The two principals played against fuzzy, torn transparencies in a ramshackle slatboard set that was simply disgraceful, and moved underneath two ugly purple-specked quadrangles that had absolutely no function. An engaging jazz trio that sang mocking platitudes with Gleem-bright smiles was a lonely ray of grace amid the general desolation...