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The only peephole view of life under the Khmer Rouge was at the Thai border opposite Cambodia. While life on the Cambodian side seemed normal at the start of the week-except for the presence of armed Communist soldiers in pajama-like uniforms-by week's end refugees were...
Most significant for a global fleet, Okean 1975 tested "command and control" communications networks employing satellites and satellite relay. Using a mixture of very high and very low frequencies and linking even submerged submarines, the Russian navy apparently achieved near-instant communications. That would be a considerable asset in Gorshkov...
Big Operation. Only one such bank now exists in the U.S.: the 56-year-old Bank of North Dakota, which is a giant in its area (four times larger than any other bank in that state) but a midget nationally. The proposed New York State Bank would be a much...
Even discounting the bias of the Hanoi press, Western observers were reasonably satisfied that the Communist conquest of almost three-quarters of South Viet Nam was proceeding so far without widespread bloodbaths or reprisals. Some refugees reported public stonings as well as scattered executions. In Danang, a policeman was beheaded...
Road Runner. Quite apart from the special case of New Hampshire, supporters of the regional primary think their idea can streamline a system that is growing increasingly unwieldy. There are already 30 primaries scheduled for next year-seven more than in 1972 -and primaries to be held on the same...