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...this light, the principal objection to women in the Houses is that they disturb residents who wish to study or sleep. Another concern is the fear of public scandal from untoward incidents occurring in the Houses during parietal hours...
...John Kennedy hailing the creation of a neutral Laotian government as "good news" in the "cause of strengthening peace in Southeast Asia." In Washington the mood was appropriately cooler. Kennedy replied that settlement of the Laos problem was a "milestone," but added warily that it was "important that no untoward actions anywhere" interrupt the progress already made...
Britain's touring Prince Philip arrived in town and was given a state dinner by Frondizi as if nothing untoward were happening. But the irrepressible Duke of Edinburgh saw an opportunity to read Argentina's War Secretary, General Rosendo Fraga, a little lecture...
...bombardment of Quemoy and Matsu and prepare to Invade . . . there is an invasion attempt, which is repulsed, but no counterattack on the Chinese mainland. Eventually hostilities peter out. In the meantime we have nevertheless moved the seating of the Chines in the United Nations--Just as If nothing untoward had happened. It would be vital to follow this apparently contradictory policy. . . .[Hobson's emphasis...
...argues that "each is the best for the same purpose. Since more than one drug cannot be the best for the same indication, we simply don't have enough diseases to go around. At the moment the most helpful contribution is the new drug to counteract the untoward effects of other new drugs; we now have several of these." Dr. Modell recommends that manufacturers exercise self-restraint by making and marketing only the single best drug for each purpose, and cross-license one another to spread both risks and profits. One of the most successful of all U.S. companies...