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That it was done was something of a miracle. After 13 years of often bitter negotiations, "principles of an agreement" on a Panama Canal Treaty were finally signed last week. If the treaty is formally approved?and that could prove a very big "if'?the fabled "Big Ditch," supreme symbol of American ingenuity and determination for generations, will gradually come under Panama's control...
...national patrimony?in the hands of foreigners. We developed a kind of national religion over the canal." Linowitz told TIME, "In the world as a whole, Panama is regarded as a colonial enclave. The treaty sets off a whole new relationship between the U.S. and Latin America. We can prove how a great nation can deal magnanimously with a small nation at a time when Third World and North-South relations are at stake...
...apart crouch. "We're dealing with someone with training, a policeman, a former MP, an FBI agent," insists one veteran detective. Ironically, as the killings continue, the clearing of suspects gets easier. Anyone being followed in one place at the time of a shooting elsewhere or who can prove that he was not at any of the murder scenes at the fatal hour can be scratched from police lists-as were the top twelve last week. A large number of ex-cops, laid off in New York's budget cutbacks or fired from the force, were checked...
...week, when U.S. Judge J. William Ditter rules on defense motions to throw out the indictments. The reason: no federal law specifically prohibits the theft of computer time or computer data. The U.S. Attorney decided to charge the pair with mail fraud for advertising their music, and that may prove inadequate...
...seems that perspiration causes the synthetic fiber of leisure suits to release a carcinogenic gas. Children who cling to Daddy's trousers may also be in trouble-but only if Daddy has sweaty legs. How did Dr. Osgood know? Why, he experimented with rats, of course, and to prove it he brought the rats out in their rat-size leisure suits. Unfortunately, Dr. Osgood had no solution, but he was testing leisure suits mixed with Laetrile...