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Squiggly Lines. The first hint that the Northeast's huge CANUSE (for Canadian-U.S. Eastern interconnection) power grid was in trouble came at 5:16 p.m. Moving clockwise, millions of kilowatts of electricity were coursing through the vast network of cables to meet the early-evening needs of the...
Many a message does not get through simply because of obscure writing. The literary quality of State Department reports drove that lover of lucid language, John Kennedy, to distraction. A few ambassadors, it is true, are notable for their style, among them Ambassador to Britain David Bruce, Ambassador to Laos...
Dr. Sean F. Mullan begins with a simple injection of anesthetic into the side of the neck, just below the skull-one place where the spinal cord and its multiplex nerve cables are not completely encased in bone. Then he inserts a hollow, stainless-steel needle, only one hundredth of...
Then came Total Underground. The new system was developed last year by Puget Sound Power & Light Co., with a boost from the Pacific Northwest Bell Telephone Co. It buries everything, including transformers, which are submerged in deep, grate-covered pits. Thanks to newly developed, highly insulated coverings, the cables can...
In the air strikes against North Viet Nam, the President insists on the final word on targets, tonnage and timing. He frets over details, asking for information about a specific Viet Cong stronghold and insisting that he be informed of every U.S. troop movement. He sleeps fitfully at night when...