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...Essay, Mr. Morrow founds his argument on Philip Rahv's quasi-philosophical sigh that nothing can last in America for more than ten years. So much for the Constitution, John Wayne, apple pie, Saul Bellow and the Ford Motor...
...Weary Sigh. The nature of the French postindependence presence in Djibouti awaits negotiation between Paris and the infant republic's new President, Hassan Gouled, 61, a veteran politician who agitated for Djibouti's independence for nearly 30 years. Now that it is here, he does not seem very enthusiastic about it. "We shall survive somehow," he says with a weary sigh. "The Saudis have promised to help, and France will not abandon us entirely. We have few people and almost no resources, but we will get by as long as our neighbors leave us alone...
...each year. The local FBI hijacking squad is having a tough time cracking the coffee capers. Frets the squad's boss: "One bean looks like another." But we tell you, Chief, if Yuban these hijackers, this penny-Savarin country, which is Chock full o' coffee Nuts, will sigh a mighty Sanka...
Most scientists breathed a sigh of relief; the specter of local governments proclaiming a hodgepodge of crippling restrictions on the freedom of inquiry had faded-at least temporarily. Local politicians now may go along with the impending federal legislation, which is expected to impose restraints on all researchers-including those at previously unregulated industry labs. Still, scientists remain concerned over any political controls on their work. At last week's Senate hearing, these fears were voiced by Norton Zinder, a molecular geneticist at Rockefeller University. Said he: "We are moving into a precedent-making area -the regulation...
...danger. But then Amin postponed the meeting, said that the Americans could leave whenever they liked, and told a small group of U.S. citizens who work for Uganda Airlines that they should regard the people of his country as their "brothers and sisters." Just as Washington was beginning to sigh in relief, Amin broadcast a warning that 2,600 American, British and Israeli "mercenaries" were marching through Kenya to invade Uganda-a charge that the Kenya government dismissed as "hallucinations and shadowboxing...