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...reciprocate." Fisher pointed out that three smaller U.S. reactors-two at Brookhaven, N.Y., and one at Piqua, Ohio-have been under I.A.E.A. surveillance since 1962. Said Fisher: "The U.S. does not believe that opening these reactors to international inspection is a derogation of its national sovereignty, nor is the safeguard system onerous...
...East. It might well have if Makarios had not decided that the constitution was unworkable because it conflicted "with internationally accepted democratic principles and creates sources of friction between Greek and Turkish Cypriots." Most observers agree that the constitution is an unwieldy and difficult document. In an effort to safeguard the interests of the Turkish community, who make up 20% of the population, the constitution requires that 40% of the army, 30% of the civil service, and 30% of the police be drawn from Turkish Cypriots. Both the President and the Vice President have the right of veto over certain...
Along with this basic safeguard, the law has been steadily liberalized to grant both defense and prosecution the right to eliminate a juror if they merely suspect, but cannot prove, he harbors a prejudice. Such peremptory challenges are strictly limited, and their number varies from state to state. In federal courts they range from three for each side in civil cases to 20 in a capital case. Conscientious lawyers exercise their right to disqualify a juror with the precision of a surgeon, the intuition of an actor, the guesswork of a tea-leaf reader. Professor Harry Kalven Jr., director...
Peace had been hammered out in an eleven-day conference at Barzani's mountain headquarters at Rania. Statements by Barzani and Aref sealed the pact. To safeguard national unity, stop bloodshed and end a fratricidal fight, said Barzani, "we have decided to take the initiative in ordering a cease-fire." Declared Aref: "In the name of Allah the all-merciful, we have decreed the following in our desire to restore normal life and end the bloodletting." There followed a nine-point communique covering everything from "recognition of the national rights of our Kurdish brethren" to general amnesty...
...hands, introduced himself, asked, "Have you any suggestions about how we can do a better job for Viet Nam?" The politician was none other than South Viet Nam's strongman of the hour, Major General Nguyen Khanh, 36. Almost desperately, he was striving for the support necessary to safeguard his successful military coup...