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Goondas and Tractors. They began in Karachi last month, when students demonstrated for lower fees, better accommodations, and the lowering of the passing mark from 50% to 45%. Later goondas, or hooligans, joined in, and the demonstrators turned violent, burning buses and cars. By last week, the riots had spread through West Pakistan, causing four deaths and 70 arrests. The protesters echoed Bhutto's charges that Ayub's government is undemocratic and corrupt. Bhutto in turn helped fuel the riots. In the midst of the demonstrations, he set out on a whistle-stop tour from Peshawar to Lahore...
Whether the "new people" turn out to be saintly reformers whom future Catholicism will revere or angry heresiarchs who will leave the fold in discouragement and dismay depends in large measure on the skill and sensitivity of Pope Paul. An accomplished ecclesiastical diplomat, he has successfully weathered one potential crisis by bringing Vatican II to a peaceful conclusion after the death of John XXIII. Some Catholic voices calling for reform he may rightly ignore as imprudent or irresponsible. Others he would probably do well to heed. If not, the "silent schism" of Catholicism may turn out to be very much...
...small tractor. The awkward task of calibrating a plane's compass* will also be eased by the new device. The big planes will be floated onto a 46-ft. diameter turntable that will be suspended 3 in. above the ground on air bearings. A tractor will then turn the plane to any angle on the freely rotating turntable, eliminating considerable maneuvering and excessive wear on the tires...
...clinic, has all the craftsmanship of an Army training short, but it does have an undeniable effect on audiences. "The reaction everywhere is the same," confides a publicist for the film. "As soon as the head of the baby appears from a wave of blood, 90% of the spectators turn their heads away. And when the obstetrician cuts the umbilical cord, people faint regularly...
...enunciated them during the campaign, one of Nixon's main objectives is to keep the economy on a forward course while reducing the disturbing rate of inflation-currently more than 4% a year-to about 2.5%. That, in turn, would go a long way toward strengthening the position of the dollar abroad. Yet excessive zeal in combating inflation could throw the nation's economy into reverse. The new Administration, says Yale Economist Henry Wallich, a onetime economic adviser to President Eisenhower, will find that it must perform a delicate balancing act "between policies that would bring...