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...from office buildings and military headquarters. Nasser partisans seized control of Aleppo radio and practically declared war on Damascus by announcing that "free officers" were in control of northern Syria and demanding instant union with Egypt. "We belong heart and soul to Nasser!" cried the announcer. "We are his lion cubs! Long live Arab unity...
...congressional mail (86 million pieces last year). The cost of these services is partially borne by all mail users, and even Postmaster Day has agreed that this is unfair. H.R. 7927 proposes an increase in the postal department's "public service" allowance from $62.7 million to $248 mil lion a year.* There are other ways to solve the postal problem than by upping the charge to periodicals. One alternative is for Congress to finance an accelerated modernization program for an operation that is historically inefficient. Some of the Post Office's inefficiency may be inherently uncorrectable. Three-fifths...
...Slightly off," said Commerce Secretary Luther Hodges of the first-quarter figures, which show the gross national product bobbing along at $548 billion to $550 bil lion instead of the hoped-for $553 billion...
...LION SLEEPS TONIGHT (the Tokens; RCA Victor). A first album by the newest teen-age quartet to bleat their way to fortune. Here they kick rock 'n' roll to concentrate on folk-style tunes-Michael, Shenandoah, Jamaica Farewell. Underneath their Brooklyn twang, there are even hints of talent...
There are, of course, cases of beneficial instincts in animals which have become overdeveloped until they operate in harmful ways. Ardrey himself cites the case of the overgrown lion-pride, too large to sustain itself even though its hunting capability is immeasurably increased. He concludes it is an example of an overdeveloped dominance instinct...