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...library will be formally dedicated May 22 in the finest Johnson tradition with 2,400 guests due to watch the ribbon cutting, then file into Memorial Stadium for a barbecue. Invited guests include President Nixon and Vice President Agnew, but not War Critic, Senator William Fulbright, or Former Press Secretary, George Reedy, whose book The Twilight of the Presidency reportedly offended L.BJ. Lyndon Johnson may belong to history, but some grudges apparently...
...proudly welcomed its three-millionth citizen). At present, Egyptian babies are being born at the rate of one every 40 seconds. Sadat is trying to meet some of the inevitable problems that this overbreeding creates, particularly in a nation where much of the population is crowded into a narrow ribbon of verdant land astride the life-giving Nile. In both Cairo and Alexandria, the country's two dominant cities, emergency repairs are under way to keep haphazard water, sewage and electricity systems functioning. Last week Sadat promised old age pensions for all Egyptians within a year, and forecast constitutional reform...
Riots, racism and guard brutality used to be facts of life at U.S. military prisons from the Marine brig at Camp Pendleton, Calif., to the Army's Long Binh jail in Viet Nam. Last year a blue-ribbon panel of civilian penologists visited 23 Army lockups, found most of them dismal, and issued a critical 133-page report. Aware of the problems, the Pentagon urged sweeping reforms...
...sticking together. Boss doesn't explain why this is so, but it suggests ?? lot of contributing factors. The most obvious ?? Daley's mastery of timing. When Chicago was hi?? with a police scandal, Daley was not at all relu??tant to fire his police commissioner and appoint?? blue-ribbon candidate, a nationally recognized e?? pert on criminology. This removed the police from his control and even improved the force. But?? saved Daley and the machine: better to take o?? step back than to lose your legs. Wilson eventua?? retired, and Daley appointed a more pliable...
...three tiers of Italianate colonnades, is appropriately weighty in appearance. A quick turn of some stage machinery turns left-stage quickly into Arabella's bedchamber (be careful to watch the metamorphosis in her pillow as her sin and the play's action deepen: first it picks up a red ribbon on the end, then it becomes pure scarlet); a massive crucifix lowered from the ceiling turns right-stage into the friar Bonaventura's cloister. Especially after intermission Vaughan makes very effective use of the traditional alcove at center stage which he has opened and closed for ceremonial processions and deftly...