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...Rules. From the beginning, Hoffman ran the program by two hard and realistic rules. He demanded that recipient countries share in the cost and insisted that U.N. aid, instead of supplying factories and dams, be used as "seed money" to teach skills and pinpoint resources for others to develop. The Development Program and its predecessor, the U.N. Special Fund, have spent $3.4 billion on 1,430 projects; the program now channels 20% of all technical assistance going to developing nations. The results, though, have fallen short of Hoffman's goal of raising the per capita gross national product...
...contribution to the quality of life in many countries. One of its first achievements was to rid North Africa and Asia of their historic plagues of locusts by means of cross-border aerial patrols and insecticide raids. Since 1966 the program's various studies-such as surveys that pinpoint copper lodes in Argentina, Panama and Turkey, iron ore in Chile and Gabon, and uranium in Somalia -have helped stimulate $5 billion in follow-up private investment. More than a third of all aid has gone to Africa and more than a quarter to Asia for assistance in such basic...
...fumble in a careless spree. During the regular season, the Vikings boasted the stingiest defense in the league (average points allowed per game: ten), but they were not able to contain the Cowboys' explosive offense. Calling a near perfect game, Dallas Quarterback Roger Staubach mixed his pinpoint passes (ten completions in 14 attempts) with the slashing running of Duane Thomas to lead the Cowboys to a 20-12 victory...
...resignation of the Islamabad-appointed governor and his cabinet of so-called dalals, or "collaborators." They fled to the eleven-story Hotel Intercontinental, a Red Cross neutral zone that became a haven for foreigners, minorities and other likely targets. Thanks to three gutsy British C-130 pilots who made pinpoint landings on the heavily damaged airfield, all who wanted to go went, including two mynah birds and a gray toy poodle named "Baby" that had been on tranquilizers for a week...
...conducting here--as through the entire concert--was skillful and a pleasure to watch. 'Yannatos' beat is clear and simple yet his form is animated. He has a peculiar rocking motion that in others could be annoying. The beauty of his conducting is in the pinpoint control he exercises over the orchestra, a product of confidence and experience that the student conductors we often see tend to lack...