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Even this agreed division of responsibility is far from final. A key point of the NATO status-of-forces treaty-the basic principles of which now apply by executive agreement to Japan-is that the host nation agrees to give "sympathetic consideration" to requests for waiver in cases which the U.S. deems to be of "particular importance." As this works out, U.S. authorities usually ask allied countries to waive primary jurisdiction and to return American offenders to the mercies of U.S. courts-martial; usually the allies comply. Out of all the 14,394 G.I. offenses subject to foreign jurisdiction last...
Earlier in the week the U.S. had received a request from Britain for a waiver of payment of some $81 million of interest due this month on past U.S. loans. There was every indication that Congress will, after some protest, grant the request. The U.S. was ready to provide the International Monetary Fund with approximately $500 million in cash. There is also talk in Washington that the U.S. Export-Import Bank might be ready to advance perhaps $200 million in loans to finance purchases of Western Hemisphere...
...criticism of the code-with its reserve clause, its waiver rule, its draft, which all hamper the individual's bargaining power-Professor Gregory feels that baseball would die without it. "As a sport," he says, "baseball, like the Army, must be authoritarian, with a definite chain of command." That players have improved their status so steadily is a tribute to their stubborn pursuit of the dollar and the support of their fans, which has given baseball "a significance quite out of proportion to its size...
...understood that failure to sustain the program through next year would mean almost certain loss of the University's waiver of tuition for the scholar. This possibility of tied-up funds aroused some opposition...
Candidates with only a Bachelor's degree, but with at least three years of practical experience in an appropriate field may request a waiver of the graduate degree qualification...