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...impossible in most cases to detect physical damage to the brain, lawyers for insurance companies-as well as some doctors-have argued that such symptoms are psychologically induced by the "blow from behind," and are more imaginary than real. Experiments like Dr. Ommaya's go far to confirm the possibility of severe and lasting, though invisible, damage...
Bundy would make no prediction as to when the war would end: "it will be long and it will be difficult." But he did confirm reports that the role and tactics of U.S. troops had been shifting significantly this spring. He stated that the American effort is predicated on the continued resistance of the South Vietnamese. Bundy explained, however, that American soldiers would definitely assume greater combat duties...
...life span has been estimated at a mere $1,500,000. Moving in quickly last week, Comsat insisted that operation of such a continental bird would be "our function, under the law passed by Congress." A subsequent preliminary meeting of ABC, Comsat, and Federal Communications Commission officials seemed to confirm the claim. But ABC would, of course, still enjoy an enormous economy with the new satellite, and at its annual meeting, also held last week, a stockholder offered Goldenson "congratulations on snapping the silver cord with A.T. & T." Not so fast. The shareholder had forgotten that ubiquitous Mother Bell...
Informed sources could not be reached to confirm the incident last night, but one man close to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library was quoted as saying: "It doesn't make any difference whether or not she said it; everybody thinks she said...
...need for new blood in South Viet Nam's grim war is best argued by the reluctance with which old blood is shed. Last week, as if to confirm the pressing reasons behind Washington's decision to replenish its forces in the country (see THE NATION), Saigon's troops gave a clinically perfect demonstration of battle fatigue...