Word: claimed
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...heard "through channels" that demonstrators in Chicago had inserted razor blades in their shoes to kick the cops. All that the "hippies and yippies" can do, he said, is "lay down in a park and kick policemen with razor blades." In fact, not even the Chicago police claim that their men were kicked with blades. And, of course, there was simply no proof that either Communists or fellow travelers were responsible for the disruptions...
Student Power. Nader's investigators also claim that the FTC is reluctant to tackle enterprises that hire high-priced lawyers and is chary of publicizing its findings. The commission, Nader testified recently before the Senate Select Committee on Small Business, has made a study of the auto industry that is being kept secret from the taxpayer, while manufacturers have received copies of the findings. The FTC insists that the report is still incomplete...
...strikes do not, of course, prevent infiltration as it is. At best, some generals claim, bombing can knock out only 10% of sighted infiltration. But even that is valuable enough to the men charged with the conduct of the war and responsible for the lives of their...
...traditional Swazi society," Swaziland's King Sobhuza II once observed, "a latecomer often gets the best cut of meat." As Britain's last colonial claim on the African continent except for breakaway Rhodesia, Sobhuza's tiny (pop. 390,000), verdant land has waited patiently for its cut of independence. Last week a smiling King Sobhuza, surrounded by some 100 of his wives and dressed in a ceremonial headdress of lourie-bird feathers, a girdle of lion and leopard skins and a cloak made of oxtails, had his patience rewarded. British Commonwealth Secretary George Thompson handed Sobhuza...
Invasion of Privacy. Many police chiefs believe that such tests are an invasion of an applicant's privacy. Small towns claim that they are too expensive (cost of testing and interviewing a single recruit in Portland, Ore.: $100). And even New York cops normally take no personality tests. Instead, a team of 74 investigators prepares personal histories of up to 40 pages on each candidate after weeks of interviews with people who know...