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...introductory speech, Heath droned on about the benefits of "occupational pensions" and "meals-on-wheels" to the yawns of the audience. It was not until next day that the Conservatives were able to grab some headline space. Up stepped tough, mustachioed Enoch Powell, the shadow Defense Minister, with an astonishing plea for reduction of British military commitments east of Suez. Arguing that "a military presence has more than once proved an obstacle," Powell said that in the long run the quelling of Communist expansionism in Asia and Africa was not Britain's business. Besides, maintenance of military bases...
...second half, but couldn't score again until the fourth quarter, when Bob Machin blocked a punt and Tony Kilkuskie recovered the loose ball in the end zone. Then in a spectacular but hopeless finish, Berg passed 32 yards to halfback Gary Strandemo, who made an acrobatic grab on the goal line as the final gun sounded...
Perhaps it should be called a decrease-fire. Whatever the word, India and Pakistan last week demonstrated the flexibility of their own, ten-day-old ceasefire. From Kashmir to the Sind, patrols probed at one another, hoping to grab more high ground before the United Nations truce could be properly policed. During the course of the week, India charged Pakistan with 42 violations; Pakistan charged India with...
...which side was making the complaint. With only 41 U.N. observers on hand to patrol nearly 1,000 miles of contested border, it was impossible to tell who was the true aggressor. Clearly, both India and Pakistan had a lot to gain - and little to lose - by trying to grab more territory while they could. Old U.N. hands recalled that it took 123 days for the Suez cease fire to really take effect. The Indo-Pakistani cooling-off period was likely to take just as long - or longer...
...second straight week without support from the Bank of England, thanks chiefly to the encouraging fact that Britain's trade gap for July fell to a trivial $2,800,000. There was some economic news to grin about too, including efforts by a big oil company to grab more of the country's gasoline market by hiring bikini-clad station attendants to give away one gallon free...