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...markedly under pressure from the U.S., some of the Congressmen feared that the liberalization might end if M.F.N. were granted. Asked about this, Brezhnev declared: "We came here to consolidate good things, not to quarrel. We can stay at home and quarrel. I cannot understand why these things should impair good relations between us." The legislators were by no means entirely persuaded, and there was no immediate sign that they were willing to compromise on the issue...
Phase Outs. Harder hit are farmers, who have to get gas delivered to them; many predict that a shortage will impair their ability to harvest crops this fall. Truckers are also hurting. Chicago's Spector Freight System Inc., for example, expects to spend $1,000,000 more this year because of a 7?-a-gallon jump in the wholesale price of diesel fuel. Before the freeze, prices were rising at the corner gas station as well; in Boston they went up 2? a gallon in the past week. The Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America, whose members...
Untidy Mix. As head of a Senate committee, Ervin has a constitutional right to press ahead, but his statement of the conflict between "the truth" and "sending one or two people to jail" seemed to concede Cox's point that the hearings might impair future legal proceedings. A concurring opinion came from Massachusetts Judge Paul Reardon, who drafted the A.B.A.'s free press-fair trial guidelines: "The Sixth Amendment, which guarantees the accused the right to a speedy public trial by an impartial jury, is going down the drain in this affair...
...fellowships are awarded on the basis of "demonstrated accomplishment in the past and strong promise for the future," according to the Guggenheim Foundation. The awards allow each recipient to devote an entire, continuous year to a project in his particular field, away from any distractions which might otherwise impair his study...
...figures, 200,000 veterans stand to lose under the newly proposed scale; yet at the same time the VA plans an increase in the compensation to 325,000 veterans suffering from psychiatric problems, on the theory that disabilities of the mind impair earning capacity more than damage to muscle and bone. The VA may be right, but it would not be easy to determine the extent of-or the cure for-those psychiatric problems. In a sense, the entire nation has suffered some psychic damage because of Viet...