Word: arnett
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...without leave for over 30 days) eventually "returned to military control," more than 200 are now in Sweden, while others have found refuge in France, The Netherlands and Canada. Many indicate that they would return to the U.S. if amnesty were granted. They recognize that this is unlikely. Edwin Arnett, one deserter who returned, drew a four-year sentence...
Both social workers and the teenagers are enthusiastic about the program. Babbled Arnett Waters, a Harvard freshmen, who is a job super- visor, 'The job program is excellent. It inculcates in the boys some good working habits as well as giving them some spending money." Several of the boys felt that the program was a good supplement to their vocational training in high school. One boy said, "This program helps keep me in school. If I flunk a subject, then I can't work here. They give me a tutor...
...cash from the banks (v. up to 7% through American Express). In parts of the Midwest, competition has driven the rate down to 3%, but even that is not quite low enough to attract major retailers, who have a heavy investment in their own credit setups. President M. E. Arnett of Los Angeles' Bullock's Magnin suggests that at a 2½% discount department stores might well join up. Meantime, bank cards are helping many small shopkeepers to lift their sales-to the discomfiture of their competitors...
...Saigon press corps are concerned, on any military operation, the girls inevitably become a hindrance. "Still," admits A.P.'s Peter Arnett, "it's a delightful change to have them around." A few of the more delightful of the species...
...darkness as electric power lines and street lights were shorted by flames. Negro snipers manned the rooftops and began shooting at random in the dark. Police tried desperately to herd people off the streets to protect them from crossfire between snipers and police. One young Negro woman, Mrs. Joyce Arnett, was searching frantically for her children when policemen pushed her into an apartment building. Hysterical, she ran to a window and screamed into the chaos below: "My God, I want to go home to my kids!" A bullet smashed into her head, killing...