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IMAGINE the United States to be angered by the advent of a left-wing government in Norway," Britain's New Statesman magazine suggested last week. "This government is sharply told that the internal reforms which it plans are not its private affair, but also concern its allies. It is advised to curb the local press, and a manifesto by a group of writers and scientists is described as intolerable. Anxiety is expressed over the ease with which Russian tourists cross the frontier, which - a Note suggests - would be better guarded by U.S. troops. Though the Norwegians claim that they...
...military situations. They knew that eight hours of daily exposure, year in and year out, to the din of the proverbial boiler factory would eventually result in permanent, irreversible hearing loss. Riveters were particularly susceptible. Then they learned that the same thing happened to aviators. And after the advent of jets, the hazard applied to ground crews at airports and flight-deck personnel aboard aircraft carriers-hence the introduction of insulated, noise-absorbing plastic earmuffs...
...most critical points for both Government and business, since this involves broad questions of social needs and consumer demand. Even at the height of the population explosion, the U.S. population rate was one thing that forecasters were able to project pretty well. Now, with the advent of the pill, economists may find it more difficult to plot future family formations accurately until a new pattern is established. And it is perfectly possible that pill makers may yet underestimate demand for their product...
Their success would be remarkable enough if it were an isolated case; in fact, it symbolizes an upheaval that has churned the entire record industry since the advent of rock music. It began when the established record companies wanted to capture the new sounds for their labels, but found that their over-30 staff producers-the men who select songs, assign arrangers, hire musicians and supervise recording sessions-were not tuned in. As 46-year-old John K. Maitland, President of Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Records, puts it: "Our Brooks Brothers suits couldn't link up with these hippie...
...Cluett in 1928 determined to find a way of counteracting the pull exerted by mill machines during weaving, which stretches fibers only to have them shrink back again after washing; his process which contracts and preshrinks the cloth, has been lauded as the most significant textile discovery since the advent of fast dyes...