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...operate on the assumption that the draft boards want promptness and that anything else can hurt a student's chances," he said. "And we saw that asking students individually for their permission might make it less and less possible for us to be prompt...
Last week, out of a cast again but still wearing a brace, Larsen could move his foot and walk with only a moderate hitch in his stride. He insists that he will soon be playing tennis again. As to why there had been no prompt report of the surgical feat, Dr. Byers says: "In 1962, I didn't know that it hadn't been done before, and the job wasn't complete until the patient could move his toes...
...then, after fumbling about for a bit, to leave a flood where only a drip had existed before. Capitalizing on the general state of disrepair among France's repairmen, SOS's two young owners have built up a $1,000,000-a-year business out of providing prompt and relatively effective service. Gerard Verger, 33, and Joel Laval, 31, started SOS (telephone SOS 99-99) in 1961 with two motorcycles and two trucks. Today, they operate 100 trucks, all radio-equipped, that are manned by a versatile crew of not only plumbers but carpenters, locksmiths, electricians, and appliance...
...even notice the necessary modifications-doors wide enough for wheelchairs, grab bars in the bathtub, raised electrical sockets (to save stooping), and panic buttons for emergencies. To the tenants, the best aspect of the new "sunset skyscrapers" is the assurance that the panic button will always bring prompt, professional aid. All the new buildings either have their own infirmaries and medical clinics or have special arrangements with a nearby hospital...
...anchored 42 miles off the coast of Britain in the North Sea. Flow tests of the natural-gas pocket discovered at the site showed a capacity of 10 million cu. ft. a day, enough to supply the fuel needs of a town of 300,000 people and to prompt Britain's Minister of Power, Frederick Lee, to recommend building an undersea pipeline (at some $250,000 per mile) to bring the gas to land by late 1967 or early...