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...legal sparring began with a clash between defense and prosecution over whether Judge Oliver J. Carter should allow the jury to hear the testimony of Margaret Singer, a Berkeley psychologist who is an expert at analyzing speech patterns. Bailey wanted Singer to tell the jury that Patty had been reciting her captors' words when she recorded some of her startling messages on tapes that were sent back from the underground world of the Symbionese Liberation Army. Browning, in turn, argued that Singer's kind of testimony should not be heard because of a lack of both legal precedent...
...superb technical direction that characterizes the Leverett House Arts Society's production of Doctor Faustus. Unlike most Houses, Leverett has its own theatre, and director Evangeline Morphos has made the most of its facilities, skillfully transforming the entire room into a three-dimensional world where the forces of evil clash colorfully with the forces of good for control of Dr. Faustus' soul. There's only one major problem with this production: the soul of this particular Faustus doesn't really seem worth all the trouble...
...sharper clash may come on a more comprehensive bill being pushed by two Democrats, Senator Hubert Humphrey and Congressman Augustus Hawkins of California. It would set "full employment" as a national goal to be met within perhaps three years; 3% would be the target unemployment rate. The President would have to submit plans to provide every American "able and willing to work" with a job, using a "standby job corps" to hire those unable to find employment. The independent Federal Reserve Board would be required to tailor its monetary policies to meet the employment target-a step toward a planned...
Most important, Neto ordered his Cuban-led forces to halt their move south, where 5,000 South African regulars are stationed along Angola's 830-mile border with South West Africa (Namibia). The halt forestalled a clash that some feared might trigger an all-out black war to "liberate" white-ruled southern Africa. At the same time, M.P.L.A. Foreign Minister Jose Eduardo
...million tons of coal a year are being produced in the West-little more than a sixth of national output. One reason is that opening a surface mine takes between two and four years. Beyond that normal delay, four harder-to-solve difficulties-three of which again involve a clash between ecology and economy -have held back Western coal development. The four...