Word: provisionally
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The prosecutor, U.S. Attorney James Thompson, who had recommended "substantial" terms for both men, said that he thought Taylor had acted out of "compassion," since Kerner could have received up to 58 years in prison, and Isaacs 48. As matters stand, it is possible that neither man may ever serve...
"Under HUD's formula the block grant will be equivalent to the initial categorical grant received by the City agency in the past," the spokesman said yesterday. "But this formula does not make any provision for the secondary 'Piggyback' grants that agencies have been so dependent on."
That provision pledges that "the United States will contribute to healing the wounds of war and to postwar reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam."
At the moment, the election of Sheikh Mujib has not changed Bangladesh's position on the prisoners, while the framing of a new constitution for Pakistan was completed last week. The old constitution had still provided for the existence of East Pakistan, a provision which the Bengalis opposed.
Last week's compromise showed that cooperation is possible, provided that there is enough motivation-or enough pressure. But congressional committees can hardly intervene in every specific disagreement. The legislative proposals, while attractive as a last resort, might result in adding a new level of bureaucracy to an already...