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...hard-working person who is struggling to make a living," 64% agreed, compared with 53% in 1974. There was also a measurable increase in the percentage of people who agreed that "belonging to an organized religion is important in a person's life," that the government "should crack down more on pornography in movies, books and nightclubs," and that "people in authority should be shown more respect than they receive these days...
...long as we have more powerful weapons, we can hurt the Russians more. Perhaps Boston was one city sacrificed in the new war of nuclear possibilities. One 20-megaton bomb explodes over the State House. The Prudential Tower, the Federal Reserve Building and all the other familiar landmarks crack like matchsticks under the explosion's force, leaving nothing but rubble in a four mile radious swathe around the epicenter. The flash of light that preceeds the blast destroys Cambridge instantly...
...service from virtually every young person-two years for women, three years for men. Elite volunteer units are more popular with the public than ever before. Young Israelis still yearn to be jet pilots, but they also apply enthusiastically for the paratroopers, naval commando units, and groups like the crack Golani brigade, which has carried out many of the recent raids into Lebanon. Women, once rare in field forces, now work as tank and plane mechanics, serve in artillery and communication units and are sometimes posted to duty as drill sergeants...
...high. A big man can walk out easily inside the wings to inspect the eight 28-cylinder Pratt & Whitney engines, the largest radial engines ever built. For that matter, it is possible to crawl up inside the rudder structure for 20 ft. or so. There is no crack or corrosion anywhere. The plane could...
...call to "Play ball!," the surest and happiest sign of spring, has sounded once again. The crack of the bat has replaced the clack of the auctioneer's gavel selling off free-agent flesh. Players safe in their tax shelters now worry only about being safe at first, and owners prick their ears for the sweetest music they know, the clatter of turnstiles. The baseball season has begun...