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...armor since Wilkinson Sword turned out chain-mail flak suits for airmen in World War II is made, improbably enough, from a finespun synthetic fiber called Kevlar. Developed by Du Pont and used primarily as a substitute for steel in belted radial tires, the fabric-lighter than nylon and tougher than steel-has been fashioned into everything from sports jackets to undervests and worn by everyone who might come under the gun, from cops to Presidents. While even the thickest Kevlar garments will not stop most rifle bullets, the material nonetheless provides formidable protection. The 23-layer version, which...
...harriers will next face Providence and U. Mass. on Tuesday, teams that should prove even tougher than the Huskies. Thus, while their record remains winless, they are garnering the necessary experience which should provide dividents later in the season, and experience is something that the Crimson seriously lacks...
Preliminary discussions leading to a new Syrian-Israeli agreement may well get under way some time next month as the Israeli and Syrian foreign ministers make separate visits to Washington, with Kissinger acting as their go-between. Negotiations over Golan, however, promise to be considerably tougher than those over Sinai. At least initially, Jerusalem is expected to resist anything more than minor adjustments. From Israel's viewpoint, as a high-level Jerusalem official told TIME Correspondent Marlin Levin with extraordinary candor, deliberate delay is especially advantageous...
...districts. A number of them−Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield, House Speaker Carl Albert, House Banking Committee Chairman Henry Reuss−began calling for some additional long-term federal help for all cities. A main reason was that New York's agony has made it costlier and tougher for many other cities to raise money from investors...
...criticized by liberals as too stingy and virtually abandoned by Nixon, who failed to lobby for it and let it die in the Senate in 1972. When all the hearings and early skirmishing are over, Ford will probably recommend some form of single and uniform federal cash grants, with tougher procedures for determining who should get them. But whatever he proposes, he will be doing it in a volatile election year, and the temptation on all sides to score political points will be strong...