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...Well, the Buddhists vaguely ex plained, Huong's government, which is made up mostly of nonpolitical civil servants, is "not revolutionary" and contains "vestiges of the Diem regime." Saigon's draft-exempt students and microscopic "political parties," with the Buddhists' tacit approval, began holding meetings and demanded a government reshuffle. Huong refused, explaining: "They all want my job. If I had satisfied all their demands, my Cabinet would have numbered over a hundred." Then he Buddhists' appealed political to the bureau, head Thich of the Tarn Chau, and reported, "It was like talking to a deaf...
...University has announced that it intends to apply for funds under the work-study section of the Economic Opportunities Act, even though the Act requires disclaimers from all recipients of aid. In explaining the Administration's decision, Dean Monro said that the U.S. Office of Education had promised to exempt university-run projects from the requirements. Basing University policy on such an assurance--which flatly contradicts the wording of the Act's disclaimer clause--seems unwise enough. But the policy itself is even less wise...
...Germans, whose high grain prices have proved a stumbling block, more time to come to terms. That seemed very magnanimous of the French-but they had something up their sleeve. When the Common Market Commission met in Brussels and proposed that the Six adopt a compromise list of 210 exempt items involving about 12% of the Market's imports, France balked. Having neutralized the Germans by its farm concession, France now demanded that another 130 items be tacked on to the industrial list, and Italy joined in with a demand for another 68. The additions could swell the Common...
Under such pressure, state legislatures are becoming somewhat reluctant to enact new tax laws, instead are turning more and mo're to the bond market; states, counties and cities are now raising about $10 billion a year through tax-exempt bonds. With the supply of investable money at an alltime high, the market has no trouble filling this demand among commercial banks and in surance companies. And the nation's voters, however much they dislike debt and taxes, are usually willing to go along with bond issues to get what they want for their communities -expecially since that...
...future a student will be exempt from paying tuition for the fifth course only when his tutorial credits "are in excess of the 16.5 courses required for the degree." What this means, paradoxically, is that the student enrolled in tutorial will not be charged for taking a fifth course--only for dropping...