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...selection became a problem. Stapp wanted no exhibitionists or thrill seekers. He was fanatically careful. No runs were permitted on Mondays or Fridays-a man with a weekend on his mind might not be completely reliable. Small sins, such as forgetting to wear a mouthpiece, drew mild but prompt punishment. Always, when a volunteer was being strapped in the sled, Colonel Stapp was on hand to make small talk, to mention something he wanted done later that day-"Routine talk to help make the man feel that everything was routine...
...dead sergeant's body. At this point another figure appeared on the scene: Sergeant Emmett-Dunne's half-brother Ronald, onetime private at Duisburg. Quaking with fear, brother Ronald turned up at police headquarters with a tale of hanky-panky in the darkness that led to the prompt arrest of Sergeant Emmett-Dunne...
...Washington last March, District Court Judge Henry A. Schweinhaut ordered the State Department to give Dr. Nathan "a prompt and appropriate hearing." State filed a petition asking the court to review the whole case. Last fortnight Judge Schweinhaut criticized State for "dillydallying delaying tactics," and ordered that Nathan's passport be delivered "forthwith." State responded by taking the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals, which stayed Judge Schweinhaut's order but ruled that Dr. Nathan must have a "quasi-judicial hearing" within five days; if State continued to withhold the Nathan passport, it would be compelled...
...Navy concluded that most of the external damage came from the dust on the islanders' skins and in their hair. More clothing, better shelter and prompt decontamination would have reduced it. None of the Marshallese died. Fatal internal damage was prevented by removing them from their contaminated island-just in time. Probably 50 more roentgens would have killed at least some of them...
...District courts should require school authorities to "make a prompt and reasonable start toward full compliance." Once such a start is made, the court may grant "additional time" if the school authorities can prove that they are hampered by problems of "administration, school plant, transportation, personnel, revision of school districts, local law and regulations...