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...public to accept. The draft can be "reformed" to take the pressure off troublesome college students. In time the policy of phased reductions might actually reduce the troop commitment in Vietnam to 200,000 men or even fewer. The military command in Vietnam may be able to substitute even heavier air strikes for the costly ground operations that have sent so many young men back to the United States in wooden boxes. At home, non-Vietnam military spending is already being pared down in what could develop into a new effort to show that the Federal Government can produce both...
...like a second skin," he claims. "As you wear them, they change shape a little and mold themselves to the contours of the body." Rings differ too. Budweiser's rings are light and flexible, Miller High Life's are "soft," and Pepsi's provide a heavier, stiffer garment...
...main reason for the Vega's unexpectedly high cost is weight; it is 383 Ibs. heavier than a VW, 177 Ibs. heavier than the Pinto and 300 Ibs. heavier than G.M. originally intended. As the car evolved, its designers made myriad little changes intended to improve the car's appearance, road performance or safety. At 170 in., the Vega is 7 in. longer than the Pinto and has a 90-h.p. engine compared with Pinto's 75-h.p. power plant...
...days-longer than any other jury in Connecticut's history-it convicted McLucas of conspiracy to murder for his role in the 1969 slaying of Alex Rackley. The maximum punishment is 15 years. At the same time, the jurors acquitted McLucas of three other charges that carried heavier penalties, including the capital offense of kidnaping resulting in death...
...state of Kerala, in southwest India, is overpopulated even by Indian standards, and life is hard for its 20 million residents. For the state's 2,600,000 Latin-and Syrian-rite Catholics, the burden is even heavier. Strictly loyal to papal birth-control teachings, Catholic families, some with incomes of less than $350 a year, often have between eight and 15 children. Thus dowries for marriageable girls are out of the question. Under such conditions, an opportunity to send a daughter off to a European convent was like a godsend-and hundreds of families took advantage...