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...acoustician, asked the owner to draw a floor plan of his house. Then Caccavari suggested moving the air conditioner to another location where it would not face any near neighbor. Similarly, he showed a paint-store owner, whose rooftop ventilators had brought complaints, how to build a noise shield that would stifle the racket. He also proved to officials of an excavating company that the vibrant rat-tat-tat of their pneumatic drills could be muffled...
...heart of Tokyo. Even these rare public appearances?on Jan. 2 and April 29, his birthday?have an atmosphere of isolation. Since 1969, when a deranged man fired a metal ball at them with a slingshot, Hirohito and Empress Nagako have been protected by a thick transparent shield. Last week, when four students invaded the palace grounds to protest the Emperor's trip to Europe, they had no idea where to locate him. When they hesitated, palace guards caught up with the four and arrested them...
...Administration's cool response to North Viet Nam's most recent proposals has reinforced disaffection with Nixon's policy. Says Mrs. Daniel Glenn of Jacksonville, wife of a Navy pilot shot down four days before Christmas 1966: "All along the President has been hiding under the shield of bringing the men back. Now that there's an opportunity to do so, he's shirking it." Mrs. Robert Fuller, also of Jacksonville, has another view of Administration reaction to demands for a withdrawal date: "I think I would begin to resent the P.O.W.s very much...
...Teamsters' convention or asks if she's been offered the Marilyn Monroe role in Arthur Miller's After the Fall. "I know I'm vulnerable," she said, still exploring that new-found capacity for pain, "but I'd rather not have a shield, even though it hurts more that way. As long as I can, I want to go out there and make millions of people happy...
...ceremony of blood and fire, the old-line Mafiosi cultivated their anonymity as the first line of defense against ar rest and prosecution. Despite the publicity caused by Prohibition gangland wars, the Mafia was still able to maintain a cloak of secrecy around its activities. Behind this shield, Mafia leaders gained control of gambling and narcotics, some labor unions and legitimate businesses. When the first systematic crackdowns by law-enforcement agencies started ten years ago, the bosses deemed their facelessness more important than ever...