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...spoke informally about national problems and debated with students whenever he could. Defending the jailing of rioters, he said: "Not one was arrested for writing a novel or a poem or for his way of thinking." The students were not always prepared to listen. In Chihuahua, they dug a moat to bar his entourage from campus...
...cause for the impression of White House isolation noted by some observers has been a "them and us" feeling in Nixon's men, an air that many beyond the castle moat are a threat to the monarch within. Haldeman mocked the critics last week by announcing that the "new password" among the Eastern media was "isolation of the President" (see PRESS). Richard Nixon's unease in public has contributed to that appearance of insulation...
...Marchéville's legal grounds seem as impressive as the 430 acres that surround his château. The building is not visible from any public vantage point, but the proprietor sells tour tickets for 63?. Buffet, who made a preliminary sketch from the edge of the moat, presumably gained entrance by purchasing a ticket-with a warning in both French and English: "Taking pictures outside is tolerated, but unauthorized commercial use of films, negatives or any documents will be legally prosecuted...
...konton (confusion) can be attractive, and the city has proved an irresistible magnet to Japanese and foreigners alike. It has vitality, diversity and unexpected touches of beauty everywhere?in a tiny rock garden, a sprig of cherry blossoms, a full moon reflected in the still waters of the imperial moat. Manhattan-style muggings are virtually unknown. Still, the city's main problem, says Mayor Ryokichi Minobe, is "too many people." New York City, with 128 sq. ft. of park space per resident, is a verdant paradise compared with Tokyo, which has 7 sq. ft. Real estate values have risen...
...world's busiest waterways that handled an average of 57 ships a day in 1966. Dug in on opposite banks, the Arabs and Israelis sometimes slip across the canal to launch raids. The canal thus even fails to fulfill its sole remaining function of a moat between enemies...