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Although the Crimson led 5-3 at the end of the first half, the Bruins played a sharper game in the first two periods. Crimson passes and shots were not as precise and the Crimson did not have the Bruin teamwork on attack...
Snapping Column. General Motors is experimenting with wired seat belts that must be buckled before the ignition system will work, and with green taillights that turn red when the brakes are applied and thus give a sharper light contrast on braking than at present. The Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, which does work for all of the auto companies, has suggested removing the glove compartment to do away with a potentially dangerous obstacle to the front-seat passenger in case of a crash, and protecting the driver with a steering column that would snap in the middle upon impact. Others have proposed...
With a far sharper eye on costs than on esthetics, engineers often design roads with a straight edge, dissecting suburban villages and overrunning metropolitan landmarks. State highway departments, eager to capitalize on the Government's offer to pay 90% of interstate highway costs, often want to build roads where residents think they are not needed. Among current battlefields...
...freight, Belaúnde has raised import and mining taxes, tightened collections and cracked down on tax dodgers. The result has been a 60% jump in tax revenues. Yet his budget deficit is projected at $80 million this year-up 10% from 1964-and brings dour predictions of sharper inflation and opposition howls that Belaúnde will spend the country into bankruptcy...
...Administration may or may not bluff Russia and China out of replying to U.S. escalation in Vietnam but the bombings will certainly accomplish one thing. They will create a sharper hatred for America than already exists in most of Asia. What do Asians gain from a doctrine that promises to preserve freedom for Americans by pounding the jungles and sweeping the villages with napalm-bomb fires wherever Communism threatens? And one day, in this or some other war like it, the opponent may not back down. Nuclear war would not be the last even in world history, but the United...