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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Marks the Spot. The techniques of "prestrike" and "reconnaissance by fire" worry Westmoreland most. A pre-strike by artillery or air is often essential to weaken possible V.C. resistance in areas where helicopters are about to land a load of troops. But its random nature makes it dangerous near villages. Artillery is especially feared-and hated-by villagers. Most peasants have long since built bomb shelters near their huts, and the sound of approaching bombers or helicopters provides time for civilians to scramble into them. But an artillery shell's whine gives warning only when it is too late...
When the bishops assembled in the aula of St. Peter's for the first session of the Vatican Council in 1962 their agenda contained 70 schemata (drafts of decrees) with drastic editing, the work load of the council has been brought down to a more manageable 16 items. Five have already been promulgated: decrees on mass communications, the Oriental Churches and ecumenism and constitutions on the nature of the church. This session, four schemata will be dicussed ln full, then revised and discussed again before a final vote. Simultaneously, the bishops will vote chapter by chapter on the revised...
...Norfolk-never mind its drafty inefficiency. Then along came modern-minded Prince Philip, with inventories for the kitchen, time and motion studies for the help and a peck of new gadgets. Washstands were replaced by hot and cold running water, open fires with central heating. Now the work load is so low that six of Sandringham's eleven 56?-per-hour chars have been given the sack. What did they think of that? "He wants to run Sandringham like a destroyer," muttered one old retainer...
This belief changed man's walls. In fact, at first Le Corbusier eliminated walls. His Domino house schema used floors like open terraces connected by cantilevered stairs and supported by interior columns. No longer load-bearing, walls could become curtains of glass; interior partitions could fall where whim or esthetics wanted them. Said Léger: "Corbusier made us a present of the white wall"-the perfect neutral setting for art. He hung stairs outside to leave interiors uncluttered. He lifted buildings on stilts, or pilotis, to free pedestrian space underneath, then doubled the available ground plan by building...
...Europe's airlines, all of which are wholly or partially state-owned, stems both from continuing economic prosperity and from the growing urge of Europeans for air travel. By their eagerness to fly, they are helping the airlines get fuller use of their costly jet fleets, pushing up load factors past the break-even point for almost all major carriers. To increase profit margins as well as loads, the airlines are streamlining operations. Computerized electronic reservations systems and automated baggage handling have enabled SAS to eliminate 2,700 employees from the payroll in three years. BOAC plans a staff...