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...story, told frequently down in Maine, is doubtless apocryphal. But it reflects the fact that despite modern instruments and meteorological methods, weather forecasting of any kind remains at best an inexact science. Dreams of actually doing something about the weather are equally unrealistic. People pausing to rest as they shovel out from under this winter's snows or shivering in chilled homes may look longingly toward a day when science will be able to make weather to order. Was the Big Freeze really necessary? Answer: alas, yes. Despite some limited successes in making it rain on demand, most scientists...
...plan will doubtless provide incentives to encourage domestic oil and gas companies to push production. But it also will include safeguards against extravagant profits-possibly a "windfall profits tax" on energy companies that are allowed to raise prices. Finally, it seems sure that the program will not relax tough environmental controls on energy use. David Freeman, 51, Schlesinger's senior aide, puts the point in a gloriously mixed metaphor: "We start out with the cornerstone of our energy policy cut from environmental cloth...
Astonish me! Those two words should be inscribed over every playwright's desk. At the birth of drama, the ancient Greeks bodied forth the outrageous image of a man murdering his fa ther and marrying his mother. Doubtless, no one in the Athenian audience had performed those acts, but then, he or she had not come to the theater to see the people next door...
...high school career at Boston Latin, there were many who thought, and told him so, that he was too small to play Ivy League football. An on-again, off-again freshman season, a sophomore year spent mostly on the bench, and a painful and continually aggravated knee injury, would doubtless have been enough to convince almost anyone else to abandon their hopes for football stardom. But that wouldn't have been in character for Andy Puopolo. And it was this dedication, this will to persevere, and a quiet, unassuming, but ever-present sense of confidence in himself, which enabled...
...higher prices stick, a new round of inflation could begin filtering through the economy. But its ferocity could be tempered by generally weak demand. Car prices doubtless will be increased, but not until later next year; prices for the current lackluster model year already are up an average of $300. The real fear is that of a self-fulfilling prophecy, a concern that worry over what the Carter Administration might do could bring on a flurry of pre-emptive price hikes...