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...districts will force Congress to pass a hefty education bill. A strong education agency could then act as a referee between Congress and the schools. "The day when we have federal aid will lead to a Cabinet officer for education," says James Conant. "and his staff will be the buffer.'' Clearly, that day will also herald the arrival of national standards for U.S. education-hopefully the kind that will renew the freedom and vitality of local schools...
...only way to avoid bothering the neighbors with other jet noises is to make sure that an airport authority buys enough land for a buffer zone around its property...
...Neutralist" Prince Souvanna Phouma and pro-Communist Prince Souphanouvong. Reason: the U.S. is convinced that De fense Minister Phoumi (whom it once backed) and his Royal Laotian Army could never win a war against the Communist guerrillas, now considers its best hope is to make Laos into a neutral buffer state. But Phoumi and Boun Oum have danced away from every effort by U.S. Ambassador Winthrop Brown to align them in a neutral government. Praising Phoumi's stubborn resistance to U.S. policy, a supporter said: "When you hit a horse on the nose, he doesn't move back...
Each building in Quadrangle was to contain two fraternities, with an independent dormitory in the middle to act as a "buffer" between the fraternity lated fraternity houses finished, and the living units of the fraternities separated from an independent dormitory movable fire doors...
...Ungrateful Role. A year ago, he urged that Cambodia and Laos be recognized by both East and West as "neutral buffer states." Sihanouk blames the failure of this plan on the U.S. which, he says, at that time wished "to have Laos aligned as a 'pro-Western' neutrality," forced the issue, and got beaten. In Laos, sighs Sihanouk, "true neutrality is no longer possible. The victors and their allies now dictate their will...