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...that simple, of course. In addition to U.S. withdrawal, the Communists reiterated some familiar and, to the Administration, unacceptable demands: that the U.S. cut off all aid to Viet Nam and abandon the "puppet" government in Saigon in favor of a coalition that would include the Communists. In effect, the Communists were saying: If you really want your prisoners so badly, take them, and give us South Viet Nam in exchange...
...public mood, that he cannot afford to do so. Less than a month ago, Secretary of State William Rogers declared: "Obviously the U.S., although we have tremendous concern for the safety of the prisoners, can't lose sight of our national purposes, and we can't absolutely abandon ransom." our But perhaps national it is no objectives to longer so pay certain to the American public that any "national objective" - particularly maintenance of the present Saigon regime - is more important than getting the prisoners home...
Last fall, several earnest students petitioned Jones to close the hatch and abandon the new ways. Says self-aware Eighth-Grader Pam Kerby: "I'm one of the lazy ones, and here I don't push myself." But even Pam has just completed a demanding report on Latin America, and most of the students are ending the year with an air of steady purpose. Last week several groups seated on the floor kept on working right through one of the school's two daily bells (for lunch and dismissal). Finally one girl remarked, "The bell rang...
...originally projected. Whether Hébert and Packard will abide by Grumman's final cost estimates is still open to question. If no deal can be worked out, says Grumman's Evans, "we should turn it off and get out of here." Any attempt by Grumman to abandon its contract might well result in a lengthy court battle with the Government...
...tower single, "I leave my room and go look at the elevator door for a while." Shared bathrooms, too, add to the Sigma Chi atmosphere of tower life. "We wanted to encourage a sense of House communality," said Carlhain, explaining the concept of togetherness which led him to abandon the Quincy formula of private baths...