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According to the State Director of the Selective Service for Massachusetts, "today's conditions compel a re-examination of student deferment policies and attitudes." In a letter to local draft boards on Oct. 7, John C. Carr said students who fail to "make normal progress" in getting their degree may not to convince their local boards... Their cases are exceptional and that is unusual circumstances warrant able deferment action...
This is what Duerrenmatt wants. He has given up on the idea of teaching his audience directly through the action; he wants to give them the chance to learn. "Drama can dupe the spectator into exposing himself to reality, but cannot compel him to withstand it or even to master it," he wrote in his notes to this play...
...seizing complete control of New York politics. Finally, Lindsay unquestionably is a man of conscience, and his conscience was hurting him. As he explained after declaring his candidacy: "I was born and have lived in New York City all my life. I enter this fight because conscience and duty compel me and because I believe that with proper leadership our city can once again be restored as the Empire City of the world. Cities are for people and for living, and yet under its present tired administration, New York City has become a place that is no longer for people...
Congressional pressure is building for legislation that would compel automakers to equip new cars with a host of safety devices. Connecticut's Senator Abraham Ribicoff recently accused the auto industry of "dragging its feet in the field of safety measures," urged federal action. Congress has already authorized the General Services Administration to require, beginning in September 1967, 17 different safety items-from shock absorbing steering wheels to exhaust controls-on the 60,000 passenger vehicles it buys annually for the Government. Wisconsin's Senator Gaylord Nelson has introduced a bill that would require these same safety items...
Despite the apparent interest in drugs, the Council may be able to do little to compel the Police Department to increase its anti-narcotics forces...