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...Purposeless Grind...
...week 1,000 Pakistanis demonstrated in London against what they called the government's failure to redress the grievances of the Pakistani community. Much of their bitterness is justified. Colored doctors and nurses are a mainstay of Britain's nationalized medicine, and bus services throughout Britain would grind to a halt without colored crews. No matter. Home Secretary James Callaghan, pressured by public opinion, told Parliament that the government will legislate against the loopholes in Britain's immigration laws...
Porsche's strategy for the race was to run at the heels of the faster GT40s, hoping that the strain of the 24-hour grind would take its toll. "The important thing," said Baron Huschke von Hanstein, Porsche's team manager, "was to stay with the Fords, not losing contact, and wear them out." The plan worked perfectly. One after another, the little white Porsches took turns dicing with the Fords for the lead; after only four hours, one of the GT40s pulled into the pits with transmission troubles, the other retired eleven hours later with a damaged...
...admission to the negotiating table. "Quakers are in a fortunate position," Curle reflects, "because most people think of them as not being anybody's instrument, as being concerned with peace rather than who wins.... Sometimes leaders under pressure like to talk to someone who has no political axe to grind...
...York Times Film Critic Bosley Crowther, 62, is calling it quits. Not that he is tired of movies. Far from it. "One of the rewards is that I can still be enthusiastic about movies after all these years," he says. But he would prefer to escape the daily grind and write about films and film makers at a more leisurely pace. Starting Jan. 1, 1968, when New Yorker Writer Renata Adler, 29, replaces him, he will do just that...