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Still, the RDF is not making very rapid progress because of interservice rivalry and red tape. Marine Lieut. General P.X. Kelley, the determined but frustrated commander of RDF, must spend as much time bickering with Pentagon brass as he does solving problems in the field. At the top of his list of requirements, for example, is equipment to produce large quantities of drinking water. Should his troops be dispatched to parched Saudi Arabia, each man would need twelve gallons a day to keep going. At the moment, all kinds of devices are being considered, including one that would condense water...
...class." That was the response of Economist Lawrence Klein, 60, last week when a reporter telephoned him asking for a comment on the news that he had just won the Nobel Prize. The University of Pennsylvania professor was cited for his contributions as "the leading research worker within the field of the economic science which deals with the construction and analysis of empirical models of business fluctuations...
...which will enable the viewer to receive up to 150 channels of programming, will some day be part of the home entertainment center for families across the U.S. Cable firms are thus jockeying into position in expectation of the fierce battle that will determine which company will dominate the field. Westinghouse, the second largest U.S. electrical-equipment maker and a top non-network broadcaster, took a giant step in that direction last week by announcing its intention to acquire Teleprompter Corp., the U.S.'s leading operator of cable TV, for $646 million. In addition to its cable franchises, Teleprompter...
...purchase of Teleprompter is a welcome new opening for Westinghouse. The cash-rich company has not made a major corporate acquisition in more than ten years, and Westinghouse will have the advantage of moving into a field that it already knows. The company now owns five VHF television channels, one UHF station, seven AM radio stations and four FM radio outlets. It also syndicates to other TV stations such programs as the John Davidson Show and PM Magazine. The firm, however, has almost reached the maximum number of television and radio stations that the Federal Communications Commission will permit...
Series game, mashed a line drive to the left-field wall. Explained Aikens: "I said to myself, 'Willie, you're tired and you're ready for this game to be over. Why don't you get a hit so you can go home?' And I did." Final score...