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Under the threat of attack, Hanoi was a city organized to work and move at night. The shops have not changed their hours-5 to 8 in the morning, 5 to 7 in the evening-but on sunny days thousands of cyclists now jam the midday streets. The noisy streetcars are once again so crowded that passengers ride on their footboards. The tree-shaded boulevards around the Petit Lac, the garden spot in Hanoi's center, are daily thronged with strollers. The restaurants are full of people, many of them downing breaded shrimp, the favorite dish of Hanoi...
...Holy Cross first baseman Phil O'Neil then hit a grounder to Bill Cobb at third. Cobb made the play at third but overthrew first baseman John Ignacio and Holy Cross had its first run. A single to centerfield made it 2-0 before Lalich pitched out of the jam...
Michael Oldfather, one of the McCarthy leaders in Nebraska, said, "The New Hampshire primary is what really broke the log jam in Nebraska. Since March 12, things have really begun to roll...
Similar problems have stymied other attempts to cut waiting periods. A law in California that requires elimination of the criminal backlog has meant that, where necessary, civil judges are pulled off to hear criminal cases; that, of course, has contributed to an increase in the civil case jam. Nonetheless there is a growing recognition of the principle that justice delayed is justice denied. Congress, at the President's urging, has established a Federal Judicial Center that will, as of March 27, begin studying the problems...
...sight lines for hockey and track, water leaking from the ceiling, a nonfunctioning electric Scoreboard and clock. Even so, its problems were nothing compared with those at the new Philadelphia Spectrum, where the roof blew off, or the Inglewood Forum, which boasts southern California's most awesome traffic jam in its parking lot. By fight night, most of the Garden's problems had been solved: sight lines were being cleared, the Scoreboard clock was working-and boxing, at least, had a brilliant new showcase...