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...need a police force equipped with small arms, but they would not be allowed to receive such offensive weapons as artillery, planes and tanks. The combination of Israeli military power and a detection system capable of monitoring troop movements and air maneuvers should be a deterrent to attack. Any breach of the demilitarization agreement would bring a quick response by Israeli forcesand probably a return of the Israeli presence...
...government sees public expression of support for either country as a challenge to the authority of the King, one that has been met with imprisonment, fines and brutal retaliation by the military police. The law considers both the King and the constitution to be above criticism: a serious breach of conduct entails an investigation by the Ministry of Information, possible arrests, fines and censorship. Between 1974 and 1975, widespread action against the press resulted in the closing of eight general papers; the watchful eye of the Ministry has been felt by every editor since...
...Colette nor Madame de Staĕl. For ever since the elite 40-member Académie Française was established by Cardinal Richelieu in 1634 to uphold France's literary standards, it has barred its doors to women. But now the "Immortals" have voted to breach France's macho line by admitting Novelist Marguerite Yourcenar, 76, author of Hadrian's Memoirs and acclaimed translator of Henry James and Virginia Woolf. Though Yourcenar holds U.S. as well as French citizenships and has lived in Maine for 30 years, what bothered the twelve who opposed...
...University has not planned to respond to the petition, Bok said yesterday, adding, "There is no evidence that there was a violation of law or a breach of University policy...
...interview guidelines, though, can be contradictory. "We cannot ask someone applying for a teller's job whether they have ever been arrested," bemoans a senior hiring executive of one Manhattan bank. "We can ask if they have ever been convicted of the crimes of breach of trust or theft because they are considered relevant to the job. But we cannot ask about rape or murder convictions because you cannot show a relationship between those and the job qualifications." Larry Vickery, director of employment relations for General Motors, joked that affirmative action guidelines are so complex that a company "might...