Word: controller
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Died. Dr. Hermann Knaus, 77, Austrian gynecologist and a developer of the rhythm method of birth control; of cancer of the spleen; in Graz, Austria. Knaus's discovery in the late '20s that the nonfertile periods between ovulation and menstruation may be calculated led to widespread use of the rhythm method; it is still the only form of birth control officially sanctioned by the Roman Catholic Church. A Catholic himself, Knaus vehemently opposed use of the Pill, which he called "hormonal rape of the body...
Essentially, the water bed is a vinyl bag filled with water and fitted out with a temperature-control device. Set in a sturdy plastic frame, and covered with ordinary sheets and perhaps a light blanket, it may well be an aid for insomniac mankind in its long battle with Morpheus...
...surface was the result of the globe's slow cooling and contraction. Now new instruments and theories are changing what was once a guessing game into precise science. Some seismologists are even saying that accurate prediction of earthquakes is only three to five years away, and that control of quakes may be just beyond that...
Crisis of Costs. For their part, the companies complain that absenteeism runs as high as 10% on Mondays and Fridays and 15% the day after payday. Sabotage-paint scraped with screw drivers, upholstery slashed-is common. Numerous defects have roused consumer complaints about quality control. Automen complain that hourly pay and benefits have increased nearly three times as much as productivity since 1965. The resulting increase in the price of U.S. cars makes Detroit increasingly vulnerable to foreign competition, which now accounts for 13% of the U.S. market. As long ago as last February, G.M. Chairman James Roche...
...Everglades, Fla. Unable to raise money, the group sank into bankruptcy. The Elizabeth is scheduled to be auctioned off Sept. 9, and her future is uncertain. The Port Everglades Commission, the municipality's governing body, has decreed that the ship must leave the harbor by December. The pollution-control office of Broward County, in which the liner is moored, has cited her smoky stacks as a hazard. Combining insult with injury, the county tax assessor recently ruled that the berthed vessel is legally a building, and assessed it for $5,700,000. The new classification means that the Elizabeth...