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47926_0 | Seeking Methane In Bales of Trash | LEAD: LOWELL HARRELSON could be forgiven if he wanted to have nothing more to do with trash. For weeks he has been searching for a home for the 3,100 tons of garbage he owns, all in neat little bales aboard the garbage barge Mobro at anchor off the shore of Brooklyn. LOWELL HARRELSON could be forgiven if he wanted to h... |
48050_0 | 100 Arrested in Washington At Protest on Weapon Tests | LEAD: More than 100 people protesting the Reagan Administration's support of nuclear weapon testing were arrested in front of the White House today. More than 100 people protesting the Reagan Administration's support of nuclear weapon testing were arrested in front of the White House today. The police moved in when the... |
52647_3 | PUTTING DICKENS ON THE STAGE, POST - 'NICKLEBY' | was a reflection of the epic scale of the book itself. It was symphonic, whereas 'Hard Times' is a chamber piece. It's a different experience - but it's no less moving. 'Hard Times' throws much more emphasis on acting and characterization. You don't have huge sets or a bunch of elaborate costume changes; the emphasis i... |
52748_1 | Added Element in Asia: Confucius | and Westerners trying to understand the philosophical underpinnings of East Asia. Though Confucius was born in the sixth century B.C., his thoughts, collected by disciples in the Analects, have refreshing relevance, Professor Wu said. Confucianism is a humanistic system, devoted to man's relationship to man, not to God... |
52800_1 | World Hunger Found Still Growing | million a year. The world's population is about five billion. Slower Growth Fuels Poverty In the early 1980's, however, as economic growth slowed in the industrial nations, increasing the poverty of the developing nations, the pool of hungry people grew at a rate of nearly eight million a year, reaching 512 million in ... |
52426_8 | Driving Along the Edge Of the Columbia Gorge | to 207-foot Gwin Gwin waterfall. Lavish in the way of the jazz age, the hotel was dubbed the Waldorf of the West and drew the Hollywood glamour set and rich Easterners who wanted to experience the raw West without the discomforts. Now in the register of National Historic Places, the hotel has 13 acres of formal gardens... |
52584_2 | Season's Windup | the Sheraton Centre. Tickets $250; 212-496-1175. Equestrian Fair July 4 - Borderland Farms in Warwick, N.Y., in Orange County, a drive of about an hour and a half from Manhattan, is celebrating its 25th anniversary with a country horse fair and benefit and a day full of events from 11 A.M. to 5 P.M. There will be a par... |
52639_1 | RESTORING VATICAN FRESCOES | with a layer of glue. Professor [ Dario ] Camuffo is reported as saying that tiny cracks are spreading on the frescoed ceiling because of changes in relative humidity and temperature due to the great number of visitors. There is no evidence of these cracks. He is also reported as saying that, contrary to his recommenda... |
52670_5 | The Business School Brain Drain | get a green card,'' recalled Paul R. Kleindorfer, vice dean and director of the Wharton School's doctoral programs. ''Universities just don't have the same clout with the immigration authorities as the banks.'' The upshot is that American holders of business Ph.D.'s are now operating in a seller's market. An average of... |
52396_3 | PLANNING IS KEY TO LAW ON TOXINS | A child of ill-convenience? Or worse, one that may grow into an unwieldy monster? No. Clearly, what SARA represents is a monster of an opportunity for everyone. The planning and reporting activities required through the local emergency planning committees provide an opportunity for government, industry and citizens to ... |
52794_1 | Sunny San Diego Acts to Slow Its Rapid Growth | the country for more than a decade. Bigger Than San Francisco Since 1970 its population has risen 44 percent, to 1,025,000, surpassing San Francisco as California's second-largest city after Los Angeles and the nation's seventh most populous city. Even faster growth has occurred elsewhere in San Diego County, which add... |
51237_0 | When Death Prevention Is Birth Prevention | LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: In your May 31 Week in Review article ''Third World Nations Finally Embracing Population Control,'' the most interesting fact noted by Dr. Nafis Sadik of the United Nations Fund for Population Activities slips by unexplained: population growth rates have gone down everywhere in the w... |
45902_0 | Refining a Cleaner Gasoline | LEAD: AS Americans take to the road this summer they will be paying for cleaner air - about 2 cents for every gallon of gasoline their cars consume. AS Americans take to the road this summer they will be paying for cleaner air - about 2 cents for every gallon of gasoline their cars consume. The reason: The Federal Gove... |
47709_6 | CONCERN OVER GENETICS PROMPTS A NEW COALITION OF CRITICS | disease. For the Rev. John Shirkey, a Methodist minister who works closely with the Humane Society, the guiding principal should be: Don't do anything to an animal that you would not do to a child. ''I don't think we have the right to manipulate the evolutionary development of animals for our own gain,'' he said. ''It ... |
47733_0 | On Brain Tumors | LEAD: TO SCIENCE TIMES: TO SCIENCE TIMES: I appreciate the coverage of a new form of therapy for brain tumors [ ''Reactor Is Revived as Cancer Tool,'' May 12, 1987 ] . Neutron capture therapy has shown encouraging results in Japan, and our research team at the New England Medical Center and the Massachusetts Institute ... |
47728_1 | U.S. Moves to Reclaim 3 Historic Park Sites | currently being restored, is on 674 acres of Government land near the Monongahela River in western Pennsylvania. Heavily Mined Region The land was heavily mined before the mansion was designated as the Friendship Hill National Historical Site by Congress in 1978. Mining is not permitted in national parks. ''There is no... |
47730_0 | A Venice Lifeboat for Drowning Debtors | LEAD: Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay have urged the countries attending the summit meeting in Venice to consider the problem of international debt. As debtors - sometimes defaulting debtors - their request may seem self-serving. As leaders in the struggle to consolidate new democracies, they are making a request that we... |
47678_3 | RAPID DETERIORATION OF THE SUNKEN MONITOR IS FORCING HARD CHOICES | 1973. The Monitor's anchor and many smaller artifacts. But the current expedition is the first comprehensive effort to compile an archeological inventory of the site and establish the exact condition of the wreck. The main tool for the work is the Deep Drone, a self-propelled robot developed by Eastport International, ... |
47839_2 | JUSTICES UPHOLD REGULATION LIMITING DISABILITY BENEFITS | minimal effect on an individual's ability to work,'' regardless of age, education or work experience. One Step in the Process Nancy Morawetz, a lawyer with the Legal Aid Society of New York who represents a class of people who have challenged the rule, said today: ''I'm not disappointed. It is a mixed result. I think i... |
46312_0 | TIRE PLANT FINDS WAYS TO REVIVE WORK ETHIC | LEAD: Nearly everything at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's eight-year-old plant here focuses attention on hard work. Nearly everything at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company's eight-year-old plant here focuses attention on hard work. An employee task force, the ''Gnat Patrol,'' changes light bulbs, fixes toilet... |
46381_0 | AS OUTPUT GAINS, WAGES LAG | LEAD: It used to take Gary Adair four hours or more to retool the computerized machines that assemble tires so they could make ones of a different size. But with the help of fellow workers at the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company plant here, Mr. Adair has cut that time to three hours. Such accomplishments are significan... |
46225_0 | The Polar Bears Fell Victim to a Meaningless Show of Force | LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: It is too bad that the people complaining about the recent polar bear killings in Brooklyn's Prospect Park have been referred to dismissively as ''animal lovers.'' That epithet implies that their objections were founded upon the dogmatism of a splinter group ruled by sentiment. On th... |
49704_4 | IN THE JUNGLE OF FOOD REGULATIONS, CONGRESS AND STATES CLEAR A PATH | alternative labeling. New York State Attorney General submits bill prohibiting phrase ''made with vegetable shortening'' if tropical oil is used. Keebler agrees to stop using phrase; Sunshine Biscuit Company agrees to disclose that fat is saturated when claiming ''vegetable shortening.'' Status: Products using tropical... |
49740_0 | FOR GREATER SAFETY, THE AIRLESS SPARE | LEAD: FOR a motorist with a flat tire, there are few experiences as dismaying as the discovery of a deflated spare. FOR a motorist with a flat tire, there are few experiences as dismaying as the discovery of a deflated spare. But to the motorist of the future, researchers at the Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company say, an a... |
49709_1 | A Rainbow Of Produce: Pots of Gold | to nutrition. Funny-colored foods are showing up mostly in restaurants in New York and California that must constantly reinvent themselves to keep customers entertained. ''People always want something new,'' said Alain Quirin, the chef at Raoul's, a French bistro in SoHo. ''It is more interesting to talk about a red ba... |
50436_0 | Devourers of the Earth | LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: Susan Carboni defends the recent killing in Brooklyn's Prospect Park of two polar bears who had killed a boy, and she confesses to ''a primitive emotion'' of ''species loyalty.'' I contend that the question of species loyalty is a good deal more complex than Ms. Carboni allows. Prote... |
51056_1 | AN UNLIKELY LAB FOR FREE MARKETS | Their policies, based on low tariffs on imports, drastic cuts in Government spending and bureaucracy and streamlining state-owned corporations with the idea of selling them to the public, have finally produced results. Still, some analysts question the merits of some of the free-market policies and wonder whether Chile... |
50739_2 | Old Weather Records Predict Climate Shifts | enable the engineers to consider past extremes of climate, instead of just average conditions, providing information that could be used to limit damage from severe weather. The project has been organized by the international World Meteorological Organization, which is based in Switzerland. Under the program, developing... |
50816_12 | THE STUGGLE FOR A DEMOCRATIC HAITI | a stagnant interim administration, Delatour has acted boldly to confront Haiti's catastrophic economic situation. He has stanched the hemorrhaging of public funds, closing, amid enormous protest, two large state enterprises - a cooking-oil factory and a sugar mill - that had helped serve as conduits from the public tre... |
47116_0 | Brazil Acting to Halt New Trafficking in Cocaine | LEAD: South American drug trafficking rings, attracted by the availability of vital chemicals and by good airline connections to the north, are increasingly using Brazil as a processing and distribution point for cocaine, Brazilian and foreign narcotics experts say. South American drug trafficking rings, attracted by t... |
46941_0 | Pirate Attacks on Vietnam Refugees Fall Sharply | LEAD: Vigorous police work in southern Thailand has sharply reduced pirate attacks on Vietnamese refugees fleeing their country by boat, diplomats and relief-agency officials say. Vigorous police work in southern Thailand has sharply reduced pirate attacks on Vietnamese refugees fleeing their country by boat, diplomats... |
47054_0 | ON THE CONTRARY, AND THEN SOME | LEAD: RARE indeed is the individual who doesn't realize that life is an experience often characterized by contrariness. Whether one lives in the heart of the city or on the fringe of civilization, it has always been a sure bet that the cuff link or tweezers dropped when time is of the essence will bounce or roll far un... |
47066_4 | SUPERSTAR OF THE MIND | war; Raymond Aron, his mentor in the mysteries and delights of modern philosophy; and, of course, Simone de Beauvoir, whom he met in 1929. Their rare communion of minds began with joint preparation for the redoubtable agregation examination. Sartre came out first in this nationwide competition and de Beauvoir was secon... |
47068_0 | Report Calls U.S. Airline Inspections Inadequate | LEAD: Astudy by the General Accounting Office, a research arm of Congress, says the system for inspecting the safety procedures of airlines has been inadequate. Astudy by the General Accounting Office, a research arm of Congress, says the system for inspecting the safety procedures of airlines has been inadequate. The ... |
47044_3 | New & Noteworthy | a life of loves and losses. ''It is all tremendously rich,'' Sara Blackburn said here in 1973. THE EATING OF THE GODS: An Interpretation of Greek Tragedy, by Jan Kott. Translated by Boleslaw Taborski and Edward J. Czerwinski. (Northwestern University, $14.95.) The Polish writer Jan Kott's study of Greek tragedy examine... |
52009_1 | GARDEN APARTMENTS FIND A NEW LIFE IN CO-OP ERA | their units ''as is'' at the lowest possible price or paying a little more to get improvements to bathrooms and kitchens. ''It's the ideal way for young people to get onto the ladder,'' said John Sims, president of the New Homes and Land division of Weichert Realtors. Another benefit, he added, is that buyers may also ... |
52133_1 | Grizzly Bear Killed After Biting Warden In Montana Forest | a deep bite in his right leg as he was trying to release the animal into the wild Wednesday. A game warden was in stable condition today after a grizzly bear took a deep bite in his right leg as he was trying to release the animal into the wild Wednesday. ''I wouldn't want to have another go-round,'' the 60-year-warden... |
48790_0 | FAMILIES CHEERED BY SPECIAL FRESH AIR CAMP | LEAD: Eleven families from New York City got together here a couple of weekends ago to fish, boat, hike and peer through microscopes. But mainly they came to inspect first-hand where their disabled children would be going to camp for the first time in their lives. Eleven families from New York City got together here a ... |
48996_0 | Modern Inflatables Are Rugged Boats | LEAD: PERHAPS because I was raised on the seacoast in an era when wood was the basic building material for small craft, I have been slow in realizing that the best of today's inflatable boats - whether dinghies, rafts, kayaks or big water craft driven by outboard or inboard engines - are tough, safe and seaworthy and s... |
48949_8 | DRUGS AND GRAFT MAIN ISSUE IN BAHAMAS VOTE | John D. Whiting, said, ''We still see the commission report as a very credible document.'' Mr. Pindling has complained that he wrote the United States Justice Department in April asking for details about those accused, but has received no response. Fast Boats And Fast Profits Meanwhile the drug trade continues unabated... |
48933_2 | TO CUT BIRTHS, KENYA TURNS TO TV SHOW | Good guys who personify positive values are pitted against people who are living definitions of evil. A third type of character, like the viewers, is pulled by conflicting emotions. ''This is not, first of all, drama, but value reinforcement,'' David O. Poindexter, president of the New York-based Center for Population ... |
48810_2 | THE OTHER WOMAN IS A SLEEK SAILBOAT | catches the first and biggest fish of the day on a $9 Snoopy pole. It's not a pretty sight when a grown man turns green with envy. It seems there's a particular protocol to be observed, but try telling that to a child who's jumping up and down in glee. It's also hard to convince old Captain Bligh that I can fish and re... |
48837_4 | GOD AND MAN IN LATIN AMERICA | never failed to emphasize that the revolution embraced Christianity. Mr. Castro, then, drew several lessons from the Nicaraguan experience. He recognized that - unlike in Cuba, where the number of active Catholics was relatively small - religion was so ingrained in the popular culture of Nicaragua and many other Latin ... |
64769_0 | 570 Arrested in A-Bomb Protests | LEAD: A total of 228 people demonstrating against nuclear weapons were arrested at the Nevada Test Site yesterday, and 320 others were arrested after they tried to force a one-day shutdown of the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant in Colorado. A total of 228 people demonstrating against nuclear weapons were arrested at ... |
64645_1 | TV Reviews; Channel 2 Examines 'The Legacy of Racism' | at 11:30 tonight, handles the topic with care. After it settles down, it asks questions. The WCBS-TV production opens with film of the 1963 March on Washington, then goes ahead almost 25 years: another march, but this one seems ready to erupt into violence. Blacks and whites yell at one another. Then, in a speech, Benj... |
64267_2 | HELPING CHILDREN IN TROUBLE WITH THE LAW | action, from the court system. My work in the Family Court has convinced me that two negative forces are at work here: our schools are not dealing adequately with children who have academic and social problems in the classroom, and the courts are not using their educational resources fully in dealing with juveniles in ... |
64364_0 | Philadelphia Recycling: 'It's a Living' | LEAD: By midmorning the line of men with shopping carts stretches out of the old Nabisco factory, across the yard and to the street, where still more men unburden station wagons loaded with automobile radiators, newspapers and hundreds of aluminum cans. By midmorning the line of men with shopping carts stretches out of... |
64567_4 | Q and A | Chama, N.M., and Antonito, Colo., on the Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad. State Sources Question: In order to plan an extended tour of the Southwest, I would like the addresses of state offices in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Kansas that will supply travel information. - A. P. J., Boston Answer: It is a ... |
64222_0 | Air Travelers Need 'Truth In Scheduling' | LEAD: THE flying public might still be confused about the causes of - and solutions to - the worsening rash of flight delays, baggage mix-ups, near-collisions in midair and other signs of a deteriorating aviation system in America. THE flying public might still be confused about the causes of - and solutions to - the w... |
62509_0 | Sports World Specials; A Partial Admission | LEAD: Critics have long claimed that student athletes, especially football and basketball players, are far more likely than other students to be enrolled in college under so-called ''special admissions'' procedures; that their high school grades and entrance test scores are lower than those of other students, and that ... |
62614_1 | Reports on French Hostages Bring Angry Denial by Chirac | leftist newspaper Liberation gave it front-page coverage. The disclosure immediately stirred demands from the opposition Socialists that Mr. Chirac confront the accusation. In a long television interview today, the Prime Minister offered ''of course the most categoric and formal denial to such insinuations,'' and said ... |
70636_1 | NEWS SUMMARY: MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1987 | Corazon C. Aquino is not providing 18 months after ousting a man many called a dictator. A3 President Aquino thanked the armed forces for defending her in a mutiny last week and all but dared renegade officers to try again, in a speech that kept the strong tone she took in an address at the height of the insurrection. ... |
70594_2 | New Concern Raised By Waste-Dumping In Atlantic Off L.I. | are beginning to get documentation that people can get sick by swimming in the water. The dolphins are dying. If we walked outside and found 200 dead dogs and cats, we'd get pretty involved in trying to find out what was happening to our animals.'' Deeper Dumping Planned State and Federal officials are confident that t... |
70547_1 | Dispute in the Pacific Adds Strains for France | France. The French Government has banned demonstrations before the vote. Mr. Chirac told New Zealand and Australia to worry less about how France treats New Caledonia's natives and more about the many problems of their own indigenous peoples, Australia's aborigines and New Zealand's Maoris. Mr. Chirac said that in crit... |
70519_1 | FINDING SOLACE: PRAYERS ACCEPTING DIVORCE | nothing to offer at this very painful time,'' said Hoyt Y. Hickman, the director of worship resource development for the United Methodist Church in Nashville. These new rituals carry no legal ramifications. Thus they should not be confused with the annulment tribunals of the Roman Catholic Church or the divorce tribuna... |
62939_0 | Russia's Effort to Sell in U.S. | LEAD: The United States has just imposed a quota on some imports from a most unlikely country: the Soviet Union. Why unlikely? Because imports from the Russians in general are so small, totaling only $601 million last year, and the product restricted - a cotton fabric - accounted for only a minor portion of that. The U... |
62931_3 | Our Towns; Port or Stern? Suburban Sailors On the Loose | would be using our bathroom.'' The suburban boater doesn't have time to learn technical terms like bow or stern. It's the weekend! Throw the boat in, and get out on the water. Then get on the emergency frequency. ''Coast Guard this is Port of Pleasure,'' came an afternoon call. ''Could you tell me what time high tide i... |
68983_1 | Spiritual Pain: Ex-Priests Seek Return to Church | marry, the dispensations are no longer granted. As a result, many find themselves caught in a painful spiritual no man's land. In the eyes of the church, they cannot function as either priests or laymen -barred from performing or receiving the sacraments. Now, with rising anger, they are seeking to be brought back into... |
68933_0 | 100 Married Priests Meet | LEAD: More than 100 married Roman Catholic priests began a weeklong congress today to press the Vatican to modify clerical celibacy regulations. The men, members of the International Federation of Married Catholic Priests representing the United States, Canada and Latin America, say there is no biblical basis for a cel... |
68908_4 | Private Cameras in Space Stir U.S. Security Fears | see the integrity of the tanks in terms of those which haven't been hit - and those which have,'' he said. ''The raid had been denied by the Iraqis, while the Iranians claimed much more extensive damage than had actually taken place.'' SPOT photos are so revealing that the Pentagon published one for the first time in t... |
66920_2 | NEWS SUMMARY: MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1987 | citing enormous tides of algae, widespread low-oxygen conditions and mysterious fish kills. A1 Suspected fraud at thrift institutions in north Texas in recent years are the focus of one of the biggest Federal investigations of white-collar crime ever mounted, Government officials said. More than 20 institutions are und... |
66881_0 | Rifts in Earth Point to Oceans' Origins | LEAD: New observations from remote-controlled instruments and a new generation of manned deep-diving vessels have documented in greater detail than ever before how the oceans and continents are being split apart. New observations from remote-controlled instruments and a new generation of manned deep-diving vessels have... |
66935_1 | Depo-Provera and the Indian Women | has too many questions about the cancer-causing potential of the drug Depo-Provera to approve its use as a contraceptive. But that doesn't bother the Indian Health Service of the Department of Health and Human Services: the agency has prescribed Depo-Provera for as many as 200 American After years of investigation, the... |
67263_6 | A BRIDGE DILEMMA: PATCH IT OR SCRAP IT | seven years of service, an inspection revealed broken wires and corrosion. In 1912, rust was found in a cable at the center of the span. By 1922, the cables had been wrapped in a galvanized steel cover, but it was too late. Case Study of Decay In 1934, water was found running out of cables in the anchorages, resulting ... |
67884_3 | Phone Calls From the Fast Lane: Life Inside a Freeway Telephone Booth | Without the cells, the old radio phones were plagued with poor reception and calls had to be relayed through an operator. Costs Average $150 a Month While the industry hopes to sell the service more widely to average consumers, the great majority of clients so far are business people, who can more easily justify the co... |
67916_1 | CALIFORNIA AGENCY ON COAST ASSAILED | along the coast. Other criticisms include charges that the agency has appeared to be improperly influenced and that it does not have clear enough standards for arbitrating and mitigating disputes. The commission has allowed building and development along the coastline in some cases that might be detrimental to the envi... |
63855_1 | Indian Health Service Dispenses Banned Contraceptive Drug to 35 | that it was continuing to prescribe Depo-Provera as a contraceptive for American Indian women even though the Federal Government rejected the drug for contraceptive use almost a decade ago. The agency said it had prescribed Depo-Provera for 150 to 200 Indian women in recent years and currently prescribes it for 35 wome... |
63772_3 | Sondrio Journal; In Italy's Valley of Death, the Terror Still Hovers | through Switzerland, and the authorities expect it will take up to two years to make a new road down through the valley. The immediate cause of the changes in the Valtellina was a bizarre meteorological combination. During the last half of July, cool, wet air from the Atlantic swept across much of Europe while an unusu... |
69194_1 | The Top of the Crop | reaches the mouth. ''When a good variety has a flat flavor, it could be the result of too much rain or cloudy weather,'' said Roger A. Kline, a senior extension associate in Cornell University's department of vegetable crops. Larry Halsey, a co-owner of the Green Thumb, a farmers' market in Water Mill, L.I., said that ... |
69245_1 | Medical Experts See No Connection In Giants' Cancers | cases, the most recent cancer, Hodgkin's disease, has just been discovered in Karl Nelson, a 27-year-old offensive tackle. The earliest victim, Dan Lloyd, was struck by acute lymphocytic lymphoma in 1980. He is now coaching in California. The other two cancer victims were Doug Kotar, who died of an inoperable brain tum... |
68703_1 | 'It's My World Too,' On Childrens' Disability | smile and four partial limbs. At one point this frank conversation takes place between the narrator, Bree Walker, and Alyssa, who seems extraordinarily wise for her years: ''Do you consider yourself handicapped?'' ''No way!'' ''What do you consider yourself?'' ''Normal.'' There are some 27 million Americans with variou... |
66546_0 | 10 Moslem Guerrillas Slain in Siege in Philippines | LEAD: Troops firing mortars and howitzers killed 10 Moslem guerrillas who tried to break through a military blockade today on a Philippine island where gunmen are holding 16 people hostage. Troops firing mortars and howitzers killed 10 Moslem guerrillas who tried to break through a military blockade today on a Philippi... |
66630_5 | Surprises, Rude and Welcome | 1 percent fee is listed in the terms of agreement that card members get. But he was unhappy, saying that the fee constituted one more bite of the apple by American Express after the company had charged him the annual fee for his card and collected a percentage from the vendor. Tom Cash, a senior vice president in the t... |
66374_2 | NOTED WITH PLEASURE | relief to discover that some of our modern difficulties are not new after all. In 1766, Adam Ferguson, a friend of David Hume and Adam Smith, already saw what would happen if intellectuals abstracted themselves from ordinary or common life. He's quoted in ''New York Intellect'' (Knopf) by Thomas Bender. ''Thinking itse... |
63117_6 | New Look in Skyscrapers Revives Quarries | of ceramic tiles, less than one-half inch. American producers, with their antiquated saws and labor-intensive polishing methods, had not yet broken through the two-inch barrier. ''The thicker the slab, the heavier,'' said Mr. Castellucci, ''and the heavier the slab the more costly the support and anchor systems.'' A Hi... |
63139_2 | EUROPEANS SPURN U.S. ON GULF PLAN | them. In London and other European capitals, officials note that the Reagan Administration decided independently to provide military escort for the Kuwaiti tankers, without seeking allied advice or support. So, they contend, it is inconsistent to try to involve the allies belatedly in a policy they did not shape or app... |
62069_1 | 'WE'RE SPEEDING DOWN A PATH OF DESTRUCTION' | on different schedules.'' Which means, probably, that most families don't have regular opportunities to sit down together at meals, as once was the case. Since the dinner hour traditionally has been the one time in a day when family members could get together and share one another's lives, one more significant social c... |
62409_7 | Exploring Cape Cod's North Side | from England in 1634. Several passages were burned by candle wax when his tiny ship, the Griffin, was tossed about. He rewrote them from memory and his handwriting is still legible today. The library includes a genealogical collection, one of the most extensive in New England, which visitors may use for a $5 fee. In th... |
62267_12 | A Scholar Who Made Education a Best Seller | and banners of one of Roosevelt's campaigns. But I led a rather uneventful life, as if I were on dry ice until I came to college. ''I was interested in psychiatry, but felt that philosophy was a better way to understand life, that the philosophical was the most interesting dimension of personality,'' he says. ''I came ... |
62085_3 | POSTGRADUATE PIONEERS OF THE MAMET METHOD | may be this week's usher. ''We don't have financial security; some of us are downright poor,'' said Todd C. Weeks, who recently played a lead in ''Been Taken.'' ''But at least I have a role to play. That's one kind of security.'' The security is in itself incentive to continue tackling obstacles such as finding stages ... |
62199_3 | Nova Scotia: Coves Attract The Lawless | everlasting life,'' one weathered billboard proclaims. ''Repent!'' says another. Along with a keen sense of the fleetingness of life, ''south coasters'' remain proudly independent. Few have forgotten the legend of the most famous of Nova Scotia's rum-running boats, a 90-ton schooner called the I'm Alone, which became t... |
62341_1 | THE THIRD WORLD IS SOFTENING ITS VOICE | global get-togethers have alienated the Reagan Administration and many other countries in the north. Since the Belgrade meeting, the developing south has quietly buried many of its more radical demands. In the 1970's, encouraged by the example of the petroleum-exporting cartel OPEC, the group had sought to recast the r... |
64014_2 | Advances in Salvaging Raise New Legal Issue | agreements between nations, and they're enforced by the nations only as to their own citizens, or those persons within the nation's borders.'' He said that asserting physical jurisdiction over the wreck under the Norfolk judge's concept -pieces of wood from the ocean floor were brought into court as part of the process... |
64020_1 | NOBUSUKE KISHI, EX-TOKYO LEADER | because of huge street protests by snake-dancing demonstrators opposed to a new security treaty between the United States and Japan. The disturbances, although short-lived and free of violence, threw Japan into its most serious postwar political crisis. Anti-Government forces attacked the new treaty as being tilted aga... |
70414_5 | In the Shadow Of the Acropolis, A Struggle Over Cultural Identity | of a linguistic continuity of some kind that has survived the abrupt breaks in tradition that came, for instance, with the official banishment of pagan beliefs in A.D. 395, or Justinian's closure of the Athens Schools in A.D. 519. Inversely, too, there is a kind of bond that links modern, Western thought with the world... |
70167_1 | Quick Way to Diagnose Alzheimer's Outlined | about the course of disorders of the brain like Alzheimer's disease. The main symptom of Alzheimer's disease, a form of senility caused by entangled brain cells, is gross impairment in memory. The new test, according to the other researcher who prepared the report, Dr. Kurt Salzinger, may offer a means to identify such... |
70094_2 | Paint Helps to Rescue Part of Newport's Past. . . | North Mr. Haynes found that the south gallery inside was in danger of collapsing and the whole building was leaning six inches to the north. The semi-detached tower and spire, pressed by the prevailing southwest sea breeze, tilted more than a foot to the north. ''We had no way of knowing whether it had happened in 1780... |
70368_5 | RAISES FOR TEACHERS START TO PAY OFF | from $19,575 last year. Angelo R. Canzonetti, who was the chairman of the New Britain Board of Education when salary talks were reopened earlier this year, and who helped develop the Education Enhancement Act as president of the Connecticut Association of School Boards from 1983 to 1985, said most towns participated in... |
64983_0 | Five Foreigners Indicted In Illegal Export 'Sting' | LEAD: Federal law enforcement officials announced today that a Denver-based ''sting'' operation had resulted in the arrest of four West Germans and an Austrian on charges of illegally exporting technology to Cuba, North Korea and Bulgaria. Federal law enforcement officials announced today that a Denver-based ''sting'' ... |
64937_3 | SOVIET ORBITS GIANT RADAR FOR STUDY OF RESOURCES | new radar satellite, which is apparently working perfectly, has advanced a recent Russian trend toward the development of civilian ''remote sensing'' programs. Recently, for instance, the Russians have started to market photographs taken from satellites in space that have better resolution than any offered commercially... |
64926_3 | UNDERSEA QUEST FOR GIANT SQUIDS AND RARE SHARKS | primarily by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with additional support from the National Geographic Society, the American Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, the Explorers Club and International Underwater Contractors, an ocean-diving company. Participants include scientists from Woods Hole Oceanogr... |
68389_0 | A LABORATORY FOR FOODS OF THE FUTURE | LEAD: WHEN the venerable food company Lea & Perrins wanted to celebrate the 150th birthday of its original Worcestershire sauce, it called upon Sylvia Schur, the founder and director of Creative Food Service in New Rochelle. ''They wanted something to mark the occasion and they were thinking of designing a commemorativ... |
68298_0 | WARNING ON BIRTHS PROVOKES DISSENT | LEAD: A new book warning that a decline in the birth rate in the industrial world will be accompanied by a decrease in the global influence of Western democratic culture has provoked heated criticism, especially from groups advocating population control. A new book warning that a decline in the birth rate in the indust... |
68481_0 | YOUNG HAITIAN REFUGEE STYMIED AS HE TRIES TO ESCAPE PAST | LEAD: Michael came to the United States four years ago - fleeing from Haiti in a small boat, a frightened 14-year-old arriving in Florida in Levis and a Michael Jackson T-shirt. Michael came to the United States four years ago - fleeing from Haiti in a small boat, a frightened 14-year-old arriving in Florida in Levis a... |
68266_0 | Air Travel | LEAD: To the Editor: This summer I had to take two trips abroad leaving from New York airports. Although the airlines recommend being at the airport one hour before the flight, this may not leave sufficient time. On the first occasion, the wait in the express line to drop off baggage and receive a boarding pass took al... |
68597_1 | How Disabled People Clear Hurdles of Flying | necessary apparatus rather than instilling appropriate attitudes and providing proper training for their employees. In that vacuum, the weight of precaution rests on the shoulders of the disabled traveler. Above all, particularly when dealing with the airlines, plan carefully and start to do so well in advance of any c... |
69398_1 | Mitterrand Criticizes Chirac Over Pacific Isle | to break up a peaceful sit-in of 300 demonstrators from the Kanak Socialist National Liberation Front. The French Government has banned demonstrations before the Sept. 13 referendum. The Kanak Liberation Front, the main separatist group, has called for a boycott of the referendum, which is expected to result in a vote ... |
66154_1 | How Right-to-Lifers Promote Abortion | from botched abortions. One day those wards could be a thing of the past because of sub-Saharan Africa's growing network of family planning clinics, most of them underwritten by the United Nations Fund for Population Activities. African hospitals contain ward after ward of women convalescing from botched abortions. One... |
66155_0 | Awash in Garbage | LEAD: During the long debate this summer over the plight of a garbage-filled barge with no place to unload, no one ever dared suggest the trash simply be dumped into the ocean. Yet every year far more than a bargeload gets dumped from ocean liners, navy and merchant ships. Increasingly, that trash contains indestructib... |
66116_1 | Cleric Seeks Wider Role for Women | Mahony urged that women be appointed to high-level positions in the archdiocese and be allowed broader participation in religious services. ''Women in professional groups lament the rejection of their gifts, especially gifts for leadership,'' he said, adding that ''many women still find that some clergy view them with ... |
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