Word: stopgaps
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...DeBakey concedes that a partial or even total artificial heart must be considered only a stopgap, until preventive measures against heart disease are perfected. But even if these were achieved tomorrow, he declares, "the present generation would require the benefits of a workable artificial heart." Such a device might save the lives of an estimated 300,000 U.S. heart-attack victims each year...
Thus far, the emphasis in dealing with the water shortage has been to restrict usage. This has been done on an honor system, backed up by threats of water meters and stopgap measures like the rationing of water for air-conditioning units. There is, of course, nothing wrong in advocating economical use of existing water supplies, particularly when it is coupled with a sincere effort to stop leaks in the water system. What is fatal, however, is the assumption that these temporary measures are the final solution. No one would like to see tax-burdened New Yorkers saddled with another...
...subscribed to sanctions against Rhodesia in the event of U.D.I., and that it would be a simple matter to cut off the nation's oil by embargo. Even though Portugal would probably keep some oil flowing into Rhodesia through Angola or Mozambique, it would be a scant and stopgap measure at best...
...they leave us alone?" cries Shuman. "Why don't they get out and let the farmers run their own business?" By "they" he means Congress, the army of Government farm experts commanded by Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman, and what Shuman calls the "crazy-quilt patchwork of stopgap farm programs"-all hopelessly complex, all composted of political expediency, and all, in Shuman's view, a complete failure...
...more than about real estate," says one American diplomat. "The side that has the loyalty of the people ought to win it. This is a good opportunity to add a few thousand friends to our side." The U.S. has already allocated $1,000,000 to the refugee camps in stopgap relief, is now considering a major aid program. Most of the work, however, must be done by the Saigon government. "It's no use if we do it," says a USOM officer. "The Vietnamese have to help their own people...