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...succeed in the quest for quiet, of course, the code must be well enforced. Since noise often lasts only a few deafening seconds, enforcement is extremely difficult. New York's solution is twofold. Private citizens can hale constant noisemakers into a special civil court. If convicted, offenders will be fined up to $1,000 a day, of which the complainant may be awarded a bounty of as much as 50%. More important, the city is spending $800,000 to hire and equip a noise-abatement staff. Starting next week, twelve inspectors will prowl the city with sensitive decibel counters...
...when those reports have been cleared by Vietnamese censors. Trial is before a military court, which can also impose jail sentences with no appeal. Decree 007 presented a put-up-or-shut-down dilemma for Saigon publishers, most of whom operate on a shoestring. Thieu's intent was twofold. For the short term, he wanted to kill outright at least some antigovernment papers. Looking further ahead, he wanted to use his temporary decree power to restrict leftist propaganda opportunities in the event that a cease-fire is agreed upon and lobbying begins for a coalition government...
...greatest opposition to the Center has come from members of the Biology Department, but the reason for this opposition is on a wholly different level than the educational reasons often cited. Biology's qualms are twofold. First, the biologists don't like the Science Center because it is far away from their normal research labs. The headquarters of the Biology Department are currently located at the end of Divinity Avenue, a good quarter mile from the Science Center. Aside from exacerbating the problem of separated research and teaching facilities, the distance poses problems for the transportation of delicate cultures...
...total effect of his solo albums is twofold: it affords an opportunity to listen to his more intelligent, more sensitive, and above all more personal side. It also doubles the amount of music we can hear, and, in his case, that's good. His latest album is a comfortable success all the way through, even if lacking the standouts that graced his previous efforts. As far as I'm concerned, the best advertisement for Never a Dull Moment is its title...
...Harvard in 1954, succeeding James B. Conant '14, and during his 17-year tenure. Harvard's growth statistics were perhaps the most impressive of any university in the United States. The University's annual budget increased from $39 million to $188 million, the number of endowed chairs increased twofold to 277, and the Federal share of the budget grew from one tenth to one third...