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...better treatment from the Saigon government. Thieu promised that they would "be accepted with equality. You have returned in justice because your aspirations have been met." The Montagnards will be given a voice in the provincial governments and be allowed their own military units. But there was a distinct cloud over the ceremonies: FULRO Leader Y Bham Enuol, who had reportedly given full assent to the agreement, was the prisoner of a splinter group of FULRO dissidents in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh. Without Y Bham, who is venerated by Montagnards, the chances of a genuine reconciliation...
...alone its basic thrust toward the future. Nonetheless, Richard Nixon is making some first impressions that promise to be durable. The President seems keenly aware of the importance of the beginning. So far, he has avoided the blast of major action, but his carefully aimed shafts denote a distinct mood and temper. Paramount among these is what a sociologist might call a sense of inner direction...
...reconnaissance pictures despite the vibration of his small observation plane. From a shaky and make shift platform in Washington, a TV camera crew gives viewers a clear close-up portrait of Richard Nixon making his inaugural address. In North Miami, a policeman with a television camera takes shots showing distinct facial features of individuals creating a civil disturbance hundreds of feet below his quivering helicopter. In these and dozens of other applications, a remarkable new optical system is providing clear and steady images under circumstances that ordinarily cause blurred photo graphs or jiggling, distorted views...
...this grim little first novel by a 23-year-old Yorkshireman, Budgie is befriended by a 14-year-old boy and his dog Nightpoodle, by a girl who has two distinct personalities (a waif named Wendy and a whore called Olga), and by an erratic young painter. Each of them meets with personal disaster, and at the last terrified moment each sees, or thinks he sees, Budgie Bill...
Rocky Mountain spotted fever got its name for the good and simple reason that it was first identified as a distinct disease among residents of the mountain states. For years, however, a majority of the cases have occurred east of the Mississippi. Now a disproportionate number are being reported from Cape Cod and the islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket...