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After about thirty minutes of questions, the New Crusader flashed a quick sandpaper smile, shock hands all around, excused himself, and then retreated to the for corner of the room confer with several members of his entourage. His lawyers, however, kept circulating, defending Jimmy, talking up prison reform, and downing drinks. One attorney, Mo Krislov, was particularly entertaining...
...least eight occasions this year, excitement over the jet-propelled professor's whereabouts has given prices a sharp if brief boost. Some samples: on Jan. 27, the Dow Jones industrial average jumped ten points after a Kissinger news conference disclosed some details of his previously secret trips to Paris to confer with North Vietnamese negotiators. On May 3, the Dow index climbed more than eight points in the first two hours of trading on the mere rumor that Kissinger was in Paris again (then the Dow tumbled more than ten points the same day when the White House denied...
From these days comes the contention that the African territories are Portuguese because Portugal created them. "The Guinean, Angolan and Mozambican people lack national traditions," Premier Caetano says, "since it is only the Portuguese language and Portuguese sovereignty that confer personality and unity on them...
Chess has equally noteworthy positive assets, which are not always realized. It is virtually the only game that is just as stimulating when played without money stakes as with them. It is truly egalitarian in that social status or wealth or brawn can confer no advantage. Neither can a high IQ. In fact, a New Jersey psychiatrist-chess player, Dr. Henry A. Davidson, has applied the theory of the idiot savant to chess and concludes that it would be possible for a blockhead to excel in the game, but adds tersely: "He usually doesn...
Aside from curbing abuses, the reform efforts have shown that the industry includes many good schools. In recent years, several universities, such as the University of Minnesota and Southern Illinois University, have begun accepting transfer students from approved proprietary schools. Nine states presently permit them to confer "associate" degrees. Now, Congress has authorized grants for financially poor students who enroll in accredited proprietary schools under the Higher Education Act it passed in June...