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Though the Center does virtually no direct work for the government, it receives a good deal of Federal Funds. Enough, Dix says, that it must abide by the government's edict against idle time being used free of cost by students. The Center must collect for every job done on its computers, and for what technical assistance it give those who use its facilities...
...effect of Hershey's edict is not limited to students actually inducted, nor even to students who obstruct army recruiters. Draft policy, as Gen. Hershey likes so frequently to point out, has a great deterrent impact on all men of draft age. Selective Service has made much of the 2-S deferment as an inducement to higher education. Presumably Gen. Hershey now sees his recent statement in a similar vein, as a means of discouraging student protest against the military...
...post of Minister to the Premier. Brigadier General Stylianos Pattakos took over the powerful Interior Ministry, and Colonel Nicholas Makarezos assumed control of Greece's economic fate as Minister of Coordination. Once in office, though, Papadopoulos steadily improved his position. Last month he steered through the Cabinet an edict establishing a "general directorate of government policy" that operates under his personal control and gives him veto power over all laws drafted by the various ministers. In addition, he has created his own mini-Cabinet, which supersedes the work of regular ministries in such diverse fields as press censorship, civil...
...idea, besides making the game somewhat more sanitary, was to give batters an edge by eliminating the exaggerated "drop" or "break" (up to six inches more than normal) that pitchers can achieve by wetting the ball. And for a while, most pitchers did seem to abide by the edict. But charity has its limits. Experts estimate that today, anywhere from 25% to 50% of all big-league pitchers throw the spitter, and that number includes many of the biggest names in the game...
...tempestuous have the students proved in their earliest reconfinement to the classroom that the present interval is being designated a transitional period of "struggle," preliminary to the full-scale resumption of school in the fall. For the time being, by Mao's edict, all students are expected to engage in factory work, farming and military affairs, and also consume heavy doses of the works of Mao; in those primary and secondary schools that are open, instruction is limited to one to two hours of morning classes, during which pupils read, chant, sing and dance the messages of Chairman...