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...wish to "save" him are set upon trapping him and his near oblivion to the intent of the man who does put him in jail is a perfect reflection of the total situation. Attempting to damn himself by committing what he considers to be the lowest of actions, Michel ends up being trapped into salvation. Bresson thus transforms a simple story into a discussion of the power of man as opposed to that...
...reluctant to use the term "lull" for the lack of contact with the Communists, but they readily admit that all their military indicators are down. Since June 29, weekly American fatalities have held below 200. During the last reporting period, July 20 to 26, 110 Americans died, the lowest toll so far this year. Communist attacks in III Corps, the vital area around Saigon, have dropped from a daily average of 30 in May to 25 in June and 15 in July. The other three corps areas report a similar trend. Nightly shellings of allied bases have diminished. Allied reconnaissance...
Like Apple Pie. "We have some of the lowest sewer tax rates in the country," says Stefanski. "I figured we'd double the rates to amortize our bonds." To persuade the people to pay, Stefanski enlisted newspaper support, lined up citizen groups and got 33 suburban governments to endorse the plan. "It became like apple pie and motherhood," he recalls. "No one could be against clean water." Last fall Clevelanders approved the bond issue by a vote of 2 to 1, giving it more "yes" votes than any other proposal on the ballot. In five years, Cleveland should have...
...Inflation usually stimulates the stock market, but Washington's anti-inflationary moves are now badly hurting shareholders. The Dow-Jones industrial average has dropped more than 150 points since it reached the year's high of 969 in May. Last week it fell precipitously, closing at 818, lowest in 21 years. Many speculative stocks have been cut in half. The mutual funds are sitting on the sidelines, holding tremendous sums of cash and waiting for the market to hit a bottom. The slide has forced some brokers and bankers to make margin calls, and it is even pinching...
Opponents of sex education raise a wide variety of charges-some plausible, some not-against the courses. At the lowest level, the attacks consist of nothing more than innuendoes that the teachers involved are degenerates eager to seduce youngsters into a life of blatant immorality. A more serious argument is that such courses are too specific, too early and too stimulating. Miami Psychiatrist James Parsons, for example, actively opposes any sex education in primary schools because "there is a latency period, between the age of six and the time of puberty, of sexual interest." Forcing sex education on children...