Word: conservee
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THE much-discussed U.S. energy crisis often tends to sound like a fairly distant event that may well be avoided by wise planning and careful allocation of resources. But last week the crisis became all too real. In scattered sections of the nation there were cold schools, unfilled jet-aircraft...
ORIGINALLY, JULIAN BOND had not intended to support George McGovern or any of the white Democrats dueling for the honor of jousting Richard Nixon. In fact, in August of 1971, at the strategy meeting of the Southern Black Caucus in Mobile, Bond had been instrumental in the framing and passage...
A better, even if less precise measure of economic growth might be "an increase in material well-being." In poor countries, the redefinition is not so important: their people still need every cooking pot, pair of shoes and bicycle that can be produced. But in the industrialized world, and especially...
"None is fun." That is the slogan of the National Organization for Non-Parents (NON), a new association formed to promote "childfree" marriage and make non-parenthood "not just a word but an option." The nonparents' group is still small-only 400-but it hopes to grow. All of...
Simply increasing the price of power could be expected eventually to reduce consumption. But even that straightforward tactic raises a difficult question. Since energy consumption and pollution have long been an element of the nation's prosperity, can we now conserve and clean up only by making life more...