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...figures are never spoken of; they are never written about. The truth is that Indians do not see these squatters and might even, with complete sincerity, deny that they exist." Trinidad-born Novelist Naipaul, paying a first visit to the land of his Hindu grandfather, is determined not to avert his eyes from such sights, which tourists and the Indians themselves ignore or miss. He observes "the ceremonial washing of the genitals in public before prayers." He ponders four sweepers whose ritual effort only makes a hotel staircase dirtier than before "They are not required to clean. That...
...that there is no need to publish actual accounts. On the contrary, nothing less than photostats of the HSA's contracts with each airline, and a complete summary of its own expenses, will silence the "unfair criticism" of which it complains. And nothing less than complete annual reports will avert the indefinite repetition of this year's controversy...
Automation Threat. Whether the shrewd appointment of Gaherin can actually avert another shutdown is a question that probably will not be answered much before March 30, if then. As expected, the preliminary jousting has only spelled out the distance between the two sides. Gaherin, for instance, has offered a $10.50 wage increase over three years, and a three-year contract, to apply to all nine craft unions. Powers has countered by demanding $15 for one year and a one-year contract...
With scarcely any advance notice, President Nnamdi ("Zik") Azikiwe himself went on the radio to allay the nation's fears. "My fellow countrymen and women," he began, "I would like to acquaint you tonight of steps which have been taken to avert the crisis...
...echoed the African charges, along with the customary catalogue of Russian threats and promises, including a demand that the U.S. abandon its proposed multilateral nuclear force and an offer of a NATO-Iron Curtain nonaggression pact. The Assembly was still operating under its moratorium on voting-self-imposed to avert a showdown over Russia's peacekeeping arrears. And there was quite an interruption when, to protest the appearance of Castro-Communist Ernesto ("Che") Guevara, a Cuban exile fired a bazooka shell at the U.N. Secretariat building (see THE HEMISPHERE). But nothing could keep the Assembly from pursuing its primary...