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...recent losses, the Air Force says that it has no intention of grounding the F-111s. Before the fourth plane went down Air Force Secretary Robert Seamons insisted: "We have flown over 1,000 missions out there and three losses in a thousand in combat, while flying tougher missions than any other aircraft over there, is notable. We have no plans to stand down the aircraft." U.S.A.F. Chief of Staff General John D. Ryan recently returned from Ta Khli Air Force Base in Thailand and told TIME, "The crews are still eager, and they're still flying missions...
Once seated, the Cadets actions proved along rigid class lines. Upperclassmen are free to met end talk as they like, Plebes have if a lot tougher...
Heath's freeze sets an example for tougher action, and Americans will be watching it closely. If the British cannot cure their inflation, the pound most likely will continue to decline. If it falls too low other nations, particularly Italy, might make competitive devaluations. A string of devaluations would undo much of the advantage that U.S. foreign traders gained from last December's currency realignments...
...images of manicured executives, complex mergers and multimillion-dollar revenues. Yet it is one of the fastest-growing industries in the U.S. One reason for the rise is simply more garbage?the result of an expanding and increasingly affluent population. Further, as environmental concerns multiply and sanitation laws become tougher, there is greater demand for companies that offer modern processing, disposal and recycling techniques...
...campaign for national elections on Dec. 2. The ruling Liberals last month enacted legislation under which the government plans to stop acquisitions by foreign investors of a 15 % or larger voting interest in Australian companies that have assets of $1,000,000 or more. Agitation is high for still tougher measures. An all-party committee of the Australian Senate has called on the government to give "urgent consideration" to limiting or even excluding altogether further foreign investment in "strategic" areas of the Australian economy, including banking and mining...