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...started on the U.S. The Soviet Union condemned Johnson's "unwillingness to negotiate," although elsewhere Soviet-American diplomacy-which may yet prove the key to any meaningful negotiations over Viet Nam-was more fruitful. The two nations finally agreed on the full text of a draft treaty to prohibit the spread of nuclear weapons to nations that do not yet possess them...
Australia is threatening to prohibit its top amateurs from playing at Wimbledon - mainly for fear of having them wiped up by the pros, a circumstance that would damage the prestige of the Davis Cup (which the Aussies have won 21 times) and of amateur tennis in general. Italy's tennis officials are so angry at the espousal of open tennis that they are trying to get Britain expelled from the I.L.T.F...
...House, a Faculty member of the committee, upheld Ford's analysis. But another Faculty member, who asked to remain unidentified, said, "There are two possible interpretations of the terms of probation: either one thinks they are sufficiently unclear to determine ineligibility for this committee or one thinks they clearly prohibit admittance but may want to see this position waived in this particular case. However, this committee does not have the legal competence to do any more than make recommendations to the Faculty...
...ruling colonels are a parody of the modern military regime: right-wing officers bow out to reactionaries; one purge succeeds another until there remains only a core of deeply paranoic rulers with a dramatic flair for secret police and censorship. Combining the absurd and the petty, the Greek colonels prohibit political talk in private homes, and deprive Melina Mercouri of her citizenship. Puritanical instincts have prompted them to ban mini-skirts, long hair, classical Greek plays, and to declare compulsory church attendance...
...social value of discouraging crimes against others is clear; as a result, there is little resistance to laws that prohibit murder, robbery or rape...