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An attempt to estimate the implicit tax on young men forced to serve in the military in terms of the present value reduction in future earnings, which estimates the implied tas from aggregate life-cycle income data, compares results with estimates provided by others, & stresses a comparative way of looking at such costs within the limitations of the data sources. The value estimate of the implicit tax derived from this model ranged from 0 for the reluctant soldier with an elementary Sch educ to over $9,000 for the Coll graduate forced to serve. Ip terms of the structure of the tax it is concluded that it is progressive in present value & life-cycle terms & estimated that as a % of future income, the tax ranges from 0 to nearly 4%. M. Duke.

The policy-oriented approach of the New Haven School is widely recognized as a major contribution to the legal and jurisprudential debate on interpretation. Eschewing mechanical textual methods, on the one hand, and anti-textual, solipsistic methods, on the other, the New Haven School has developed a comprehensive and systematic approach to the interpretation of human communication. Drawing upon psychology, legal experience, and communications theory, of which Lasswell was a founder, the authors have developed a theoretically cogent and practical method of interpretation. In the course of doing it, they survey the existing literature, showing its problems. In addition to the original text of The Interpretation of Agreements, this edition includes a new introduction, in which developments since the appearance of the book are examined and appraised, and three important papers which elaborate the theory developed here, including Professor McDougal's scathing critique of the last major international conference on the law of treaties

The effects of a chemical defense pretreatment drug. pyridostigmine bromide (PB). on in-flight aircrew performance were assessed using the Total In-Flight Simulator (TIFS) aircraft. TIFS was used to supply appropriate control dynamics, handling characteristics, and cockpit instrumentation for a tactical transport airdrop simulation. Twenty-one C-130 pilots flew two familiarization and four data flights. During two data flights PB was given to both members of the aircrew using the dosage regimen of 30 mg/8 h prescribed by the U.S. Air Force surgeon general. The drug was administered using a double-blind technique. The results indicated that (1) aircrews successfully completed their assigned mission, (2) airdrop inaccuracies and navigation errors in time and distance were not specifically related to PB, (3) performance and crew coordination were not affected by PB, (4) PB and pilot/copilot order significantly affected copilot tasks, and (5) subjects and observers did not discriminate beyond chance between PB and placebo conditions.