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...FARBER MERELY native? It's hard to tell. He is able to pinpoint the political perspective of the Gulf managers, who are vocationally more interested in making profits than in maintaining racist or colonial governments. "Governments often change," says Farber of Gulf's attitude, "but contractual agreements like its concession in Cabinda remain in force...
...afford the loss of Golden who, on the afford the loss of Golden, who, on the basis of a strong pre-season performance, had been heavily counted on to provide much-needed secondary help. The Crimson pass defense in Saturday's game was porous at best, and Pennington's pinpoint possing devastated the belly of the zone with slant patterns and clothes. The Umass serial attack gained 210 yards passing on the afternoon, and over 150 yards of that come on patterns run into the vulnerable midsection of the some...
Back in June, when Lavelle had testified before a House committee, he implied that Abrams had known about his activities and, worse, had perhaps sanctioned them. But last week, under pinpoint questioning by Senate committee members, Lavelle admitted that he not only had never requested Abrams' authorization, but had never even told his superior his theory that the new radar setup called for a more liberal interpretation of the rules. That admission seemed to clear the way for Abrams' confirmation as Army Chief of Staff, but by no means answered all the questions of who else was involved...
...growing rapprochement between the U.S. and China, but it may help protect the American medical consumer. A number of laymen have attempted to cash in on the current American fascination with acupuncture, and many of the needles were destined for those with little training whose interest in pinpoint healing is probably more monetary than medical...
...frequently taken advantage of newspaper and television interviews to question physicians' ethics. Last February, in the Intellectual Digest, he charged that some 30% to 40% of American doctors are "making a killing" in medicine, some by performing "incredible amounts of unnecessary surgery." Though no one can pinpoint the amount, many doctors agree that there is much superfluous surgery. Incomes are high; the median is more than $40,000 a year, while some private practitioners make more than...