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...siege to government installations. Peking wall posters told of fighting in the high Himalayan redoubt that left 100 or more dead. Chang, who commanded the 100,000 Chinese troops that seized Tibet in 1951 and who later directed the invasion of India, declared martial law and sat back to await the arrival of three army divisions said to have been dispatched from China proper to "crush the revisionists." Radio Moscow reported last week that anti-Maoist army units had seized "nearly full control" of Inner Mongolia, and wall posters in Peking confirmed that a titanic struggle between army...
...plan will achieve the stated goals of the A-plan, and has additional advantages of its own. In view of this, I have no doubt that it quickly will win the support of current proponents of the A-plan. It is with some interest that I await their rallying to the F-plan banner. Assistant Professor of Philosophy Robert Nozick
Further confirmation of the lunar capture theory may have to await the arrival of men on the moon, Singer believes. When samples of the lunar surface can be returned to earth and analyzed, it will be possible to determine when substantial heating and volcanic activity first occurred. If it turns out to be four billion years ago-the same time that the earth is known to have been subjected to intense heating -Singer will have powerful evidence that a single event was responsible: the capture of the moon by the earth...
...police daily. But the law has a key gap: except in capital cases and after conviction, judges cannot consider danger to the community as a factor in no-bail proceedings. The law's drafters considered including such a provision, aimed solely at Washington, but dropped it to await developments. The first results suggest that developments may be developing...
...both left and right, Souvanna was forced to allow more than 150 candidates for 59 National Assembly seats to run as independents-who might or might not back him if elected. He hedged the danger by weaving a complex web of alliances and patronage promises, then sat back to await the results. The night before the election, he invited 1,500 guests to a white-tie party at which the deadliest enemies ate and drank and gave each other the long Lao handshake that can last through an entire conversation...