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More practically, the watching world would have to depend on the men who put Skylab into space to find the best means of bringing it back to earth with minimal risk to human life. The first priority was to track Skylab's decaying orbit as precisely as possible. That is the job of the North American Air Defense Command, whose joint U.S.-Canadian computers deep within a pink granite mountain near Colorado Springs, Colo., continuously monitor the movements of 4,506 hunks of space garbage now orbiting the earth...
...from Muzorewa's parliamentary party of seven M.P.s, led by Joseph Chikerema, who are seeking to form a rival bloc. The defections potentially reduce Muzorewa's parliamentary support to a minority of 44 seats in the 100-member assembly, meaning that the bishop's survival may depend on the votes of Smith's Rhodesian Front Party...
...million to implement. Building owners will be given 30 days to post certificates of compliance, and can be fined up to $10,000 for violations. Still, many state and local governments are reluctant to cooperate. As one DOE official readily admitted, "the success of the program will largely depend on voluntary compliance...
...Administration cannot even depend on support from the courts. Federal judges in Beaumont, Texas, New Orleans, Albuquerque and Fargo, N. Dak., have countermanded the edict already in force for federal buildings. In the words of the New Orleans judges, the measure is "arbitrary, capricious and unreasonable...
Ecevit, who only a few months ago was boasting that "Turkey will depend solely on her own resources," last week bowed to fiscal realism. He agreed to a demand by the IMF that the lira be devalued by a whopping 70%. Devaluation should restore Turkey's credit with the international banking community, clear the way for billions more in aid, and improve the country's balance of payments by making its exports more competitive. But the move will make life even more miserable than ever for the average Turk, who must cope with an annual inflation rate...