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When most people visit a city, they consult the regulation guidebook, dutifully trudge around to examine the local museum, the famous landmarks, and the historic sites-and then think they know all about the place. Nothing could be farther from the truth, says Richard Saul Wurman, 37, a Philadelphia architect. Only when Americans really understand the thrust and logic, or illogic, of their cities can they start to improve the urban mess around them...
Employees may also consult with a number of agencies such as the Personnel Office, the Managers of Employee Relations, the Benefits Administration and the President's Office...
...quickie-Mexican-divorce trade, which was stopped when the law was changed in 1970. Bernal denies that he is in fact El Padrino (the Godfather); "I don't have a gang," he told TIME Correspondent Bernard Diederich last week. "How am I going to order killings? My clients consult, but that is legal." His clients include the Reyes Pruneda family, whose forces are supplemented by hired gunmen. Says Bernal: "This town is in the hands of two or three people. I can't mention any names. They are civic leaders. They are clean people at this moment...
...that we are about to enter the last quarter of the 20th century." Killanin has already hinted at one possible change. In an effort to shake the image of the I.O.C. as "a board of old men," he suggests that younger people-perhaps former medal winners-be invited "to consult with us in our decisions...
...negotiated settlement. National Security Affairs Adviser Henry Kissinger met in Paris with North Viet Nam's Le Due Tho for the 16th of their secret conferences. Scarcely by coincidence, Le Due Tho flew to Peking to talk to Premier Chou En-lai and then on to Hanoi to consult with his government while Kissinger flew to Saigon for nearly six hours of talks with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu. At least some approach toward a settlement was obviously being explored. At week's end Kissinger returned to Camp David, Nixon's mountain hideaway in Maryland...