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...they have come to power? For one thing, they plan to reorganize the police force, making it as free as possible of political factionalism, and they are hoping that judges and prosecutors under the junta will be less fearful of threats and reprisals so that they will hand down stiffer sentences...
...aquamen continue their first season in formal intercollegiate competition against the MIT Engineers tomorrow, at MIT. The squad from down the river promises to provide at least a bit stiffer of a test...
...streets of Frankfurt, West Germany, and Fargo, N. Dak. The Lynx, Escort and J-cars are all such "world cars." Models will be assembled in places like Japan and South America, in addition to Detroit, from parts that are manufactured in several countries. The result will be stiffer competition among the remaining auto giants. According to a congressional subcommittee study, for example, Europe will import an estimated 200,000 U.S.-built cars by 1983, compared with only 30,000 last year...
Though the Administration clearly runs the risk of raising expectations too high over what is likely to emerge from its policy review, economists both in and out of Government now increasingly expect to see at least some stiffer measures to limit the explosive and inflationary growth of credit. Says Gary Wenglowski, director of economic research for Wall Street's Goldman, Sachs investment firm: "I'd give odds of 60 to 40 that the Administration's new package will include credit controls...
Saturday's quad meet--the first ever for the fencers--was a challenge; the competition in the Big Apple was even stiffer than in New England...