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...Soviet advisers theoretical control of the air over some Israeli-held territory. Without air cover, the Bar-Lev Line along the east bank of the Suez is vulnerable to amphibious attack from the Egyptian side. The Israelis still believe that they could knock out an Egyptian offensive, but they reckon on far higher casualties than before in doing...
Chou should know. In a country where Mao once said that "the gun must never be allowed to command the party," the army has, in fact, taken almost complete control. China watchers in Hong Kong reckon Huang now to be the second most powerful military man in China, after Defense Minister Lin Piao, who is Mao's heir apparent...
...poster proclaimed: HOMOSEXUALS FOR REAGAN. Marching up Manhattan's Sixth Avenue, the phalanxes chanted: "Two-four-six-eight, gay is just as good as straight!" or "Ho-Ho-Homosexual!" With cause, the homosexuals were protesting police harassment, Mafia control of some gay bars and other injustices. Some sociologists reckon that the nation's homosexual population, open and secret, is about 4,000,000, and so the new aggressiveness has a large potential. One picket sign in the Los Angeles parade sought to point the way: BETTER BLATANT THAN LATENT...
Productivity normally slips during the early stages of a business downturn, and most experts reckon that the first-quarter decline is temporary. FORTUNE estimates that output per man-hour rebounded dramatically to register a 1% gain during the second quarter of the year; this is a 4% annual rate of gain, well above the average postwar advance of about 3.3% a year. The rise, however, resulted mostly from increasing layoffs. Unemployment in June fell to 4.7% from 5% the month before-the first dip in eight months-but the decline occurred almost entirely among adult women. The jobless rate among...
...flight, passengers behave differently on board a jumbo than on a smaller jet. "A gregariousness has set : in that we did not reckon on," says Pan Am President Najeeb Halaby. Passengers wander up and down the two aisles, try to help the stewardesses or invade the first-class flight lounge on the top deck. Of the 15,000 whom Pan Am has polled, about three-quarters praise the 747's spaciousness; the other one-quarter dislike the crowds or occasional delays in baggage handling. Passengers once were tied up for three hours at Rome's major airport after...