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Another serious problem with the U.S. withdrawal proposal of October 11 is it does not firmly prohibit the reintroduction of American forces into Vietnam or the surrounding area. sAs Secretary Rogers told the editors on January 27, "We have a defense treaty with Thailand, the SEATO treaty, and Thailand is not involved in the war as Cambodia and Laos are. So we would expect that we would, at least for the short run, continue to have some Americans in Thailand. But that doesn't affect the settlement in Indochina...
...beginning of reading period, tickets for admission to all exams become available at 60 Boylston Street in exchange for the appropriate coupons. Date tickets for adjoining seats may be purchased at the regular price. However, the regulations expressly prohibit any Harvard student taking a Cliffie to an exam...
...there at least be one?" Chaffee replied that U.S. law provided for the Navy to admit "sons" of servicemen killed in action, and he interpreted that narrow slice of law to limit the academy's general enrollment to men only. In addition, Chaffee argued, naval regulations prohibit women from attending Annapolis. Javits' reply: The law "simply provides that the Secretary of the Navy shall be in charge of the Navy-and says nothing about excluding women...
Revel's elusive rhetorical techniques prohibit refutation of his conclusions. Because he claims his arguments are intuitively obvious, his sloppy syllogisms cannot support controversy. He has found a disconcerting way of stating his views at the start of a chapter, and then discussing whatever occurs to him. Suddenly the word "therefore" appears, and Revel blithely announces he has made his point and he claims only foolish French leftists would disagree. I suppose this tone is meant to be audacious and amusing, but I did not laugh...
...highway is now acquiring such symbols as the skidding car, the bicycle and the diagonal slash that means "Don't." In addition, the new signs use a color code: red to prohibit, yellow to warn, green to permit movement, blue for highway services, brown for scenic suggestions. Shapes, too, are being standardized: a pennant for no passing, a circle for railroad crossings, a diamond for potential hazards...