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...aroused a strong new wave of sympathy for the Buddhists. It also put U.S. policy in South Viet Nam, which involves the lives and safety of 14,000 U.S. troops, into an agonizing dilemma. While often unhappy with Diem, the U.S. has proceeded on the assumption that it was safer to stick with him than risk the chaos that might surround a switch to a new, unknown and unpredictable regime. But by his move against the Buddhist monks, who have the growing support of the country's vast Buddhist majority, Roman Catholic Diem may finally have shattered...
...warlord, the war in the central highlands is going far bet ter than anywhere else in South Viet Nam. An inveterate ao-dai chaser, Can has incurred Mme. Nhu's wrath: "He is stubborn and touchy, and unbearably obsolete concerning women." But, she concedes, "we all feel safer to have him in Hu?...
...crewmen are on the job, and that the train moves smoothly enough to avoid discomfort to passengers or damage to freight. Brakemen used to be train-top daredevils who leaped from car to car, setting hand brakes at each stop. Automatic braking equipment has made the job a lot safer, but it has also made brakemen semi-obsolete. They now serve as lookouts at front and rear when the train is stopped, also see to it that track switches are properly set when, for example, a train moves from a main line to a siding...
...growing interest in nondestructive testing. Ever since loose solder balls of only a thousandth of an inch in diameter were found inside transistors in the Polaris missile, the Air Force has insisted that all the transistors in missile components be Xrayed. Companies have discovered that "preventive" testing produces safer and more efficient products, and also cuts costs by making it easier to detect and correct flaws. Manufacturers of machinery and airframes spend 13% of their production costs on nondestructive testing, are convinced that otherwise they would lose 45% of their production because of faulty quality. "Every time you have...
Peabody reportedly wanted to ride to Commencement on his own horse, but was convinced by friends that the horse and carriage would be safer and more appropriate...