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Many Economies. For all the successes of Suharto's technocrats, Indonesia's persisting problems are staggering. Unless the benefits of stabilization filter down to the masses soon, political problems may surface again. The new five-year plan is dependent in part on foreign aid, which totals $500 million this year, $208 million of that from the U.S. A drop in assistance could cripple the plan. So could a bad harvest. The bureaucracy remains often corrupt, inefficient and underemployed, and civil service reform is a long way off. The nation's Chinese minority (about...
Reports about probable punishment recommendations began to filter out from the Ad Board. Unidentified Faculty members said that the Ad Board would probably recommend separate treatment for the students involved in both Paine Hall and the 1967 Dow demonstration. But other sources said that the Ad Board would simply propose probation for al students involved...
...gyrating wildly after its descent stage had been jettisoned, an alarmed cry of "Son of a bitch!" escaped from the startled Cernan. As Astronaut Stafford was preparing to take black and white pictures during Snoopy's low pass at the moon, he suddenly shouted: "You know, this goddam filter has failed on me." Finally, at the end of the day, a ground controller asked: "How are you guys doing?" The reply: "The crew status is at tired, and happy and hungry and thirsty and horny and all those other things...
...recovery plan. While Apollo 11 is still in the ocean, the hatch will be opened. As the astronauts emerge and climb aboard an attached raft, each will slip into a "biological isolation garment" brought along by a frogman who will be similarly outfitted. The suit is equipped with a filter that should block any organisms that the astronauts exhale. After a helicopter ride to the carrier deck, they will enter the van and follow the original quarantine plans...
...smoking, while the Department of Agriculture annually pays out $1,800,000 in price-support subsidies to tobacco farmers. To enlarge tobacco exports, which contribute about $500 million a year to the U.S. balance of payments, Agriculture also promotes overseas sales. The Public Health Service encourages smokers to use filter cigarettes, but the Federal Trade Commission will not permit cigarette advertising that even faintly suggests that filters are preferable...