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...body. A 19th century French traveler described an excruciating method in India during the rule of the rajahs: "The culprit, bound hand and foot, is fastened by a long cord, passed round his waist, to the elephant's hind leg. The latter is urged into a rapid trot through the streets of the city, and every step gives the cord a violent jerk, which makes the body of the condemned wretch bound on the pavement . . . Then his head is placed upon a stone, and the elephant executioner crushes it beneath his enormous foot...
Another result of the rapid growth of the police department is that a high proportion of its officers are new to the job. More than half (58%) have less than three years of service; more than a third (36%) have less than 18 months and are still on probationary appointments. Many may not be sufficiently trained or experienced to handle racial incidents or employ minimal force when violence is threatened. Four blacks have been killed by policemen in the past three months...
...break, and luck was obliging. The San Francisco Opera needed a conductor for the last few Toscas of the season and hired Levine. By chance, a Met administrator heard him, and was impressed. Levine made his Met debut the next year, also with Tosca. His career began a rapid ascent, aided by Levine's manager, Ronald Wilford of Columbia Artists Management Inc. Wilford oversees the livelihoods of many major conductors, including Mstislav Rostropovich of the National Symphony and Seiji Ozawa of the Boston Symphony. "From that first day I watched Jimmy work," says Wilford, "I knew he would have...
...watching them? Why, if this is television, does the camera occasionally cut to a theater audience cheering the performers-even, on two occasions, giving them perfunctory standing ovations? And why, if it is the record of a theatrical experience, does the director make use of such video effects as rapid cutting and multiple exposure? All these are conventions, of stage or small screen, to which the viewer must and can accommodate himself...
...consultant who was President Ford's chief economic adviser, argued that while the Reserve Board might be able to reduce short-term interest rates, it could do little to bring down the high rates (12% or more) on long-term corporate bonds. Bond buyers fear that a too rapid expansion of the money supply by the Federal Reserve could eventually reignite inflation. As a result, they demand high interest as protection against rising prices. But until bond rates come down, companies will continue to restrain their capital spending. After the cut in the discount rate last week, long-term...