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Greenspan first won worldwide attention during the Depression (TIME, July 22, 1935) when he accurately forecast earthquakes in Chile, Peru, Japan and India, as well as a savage volcanic eruption in Krakatoa. He was more or less dismissed by the scientific community as a lucky crackpot. But he resurfaced within the past couple of years in Laguna Beach, and astounded Californians by predicting the time and date (Feb. 9, 1971 at 6 a.m.) of the San Fernando earthquake that killed 64 people and wrought more than $500 million worth of damage. Greenspan has missed the mark before; he has thrice...
...have been warned since 1970 to expect serious winter fuel shortages, but in the past two years relatively mild weather enabled the nation to stretch its thin energy supplies far enough to cover nearly all heating needs. This year, as many areas shiver into the beginning of what meteorologists forecast will be a long hard winter, the nightmare of cold furnaces is becoming real. Although most homes probably will be well heated, the shortage could disrupt the economy by forcing some factories, stores and offices to close...
...begin what Washington hoped would be the final round of talks to nail down a firm agreement on ending the war in Viet Nam. But the round, it soon became clear, would take much more than the "three or four days" that Nixon's negotiator had forecast before the U.S. election. After six days of secret sessions and rumors of difficulties, the two sides declared an eight-day recess in the talks, which were to resume on Dec. 4. Amid assurances by U.S. officials that the peace cavalcade was still "on track," Kissinger returned home...
Once in a while there are signs that common sense might yet find common ground for a political solution to end Ulster's agony. Last week the British government published its long-awaited "Green Paper"* on the province's future. As forecast by TIME two weeks ago, it is a no-nonsense document that clearly shows that British patience with Ulster's warring factions is running out. Nevertheless, it is so carefully put together that almost everybody-except the most uncompromising Catholics and Protestants, such as the Irish Republican Army and the Ulster Vanguard-seemed to find...
...before or during actual quakes. With more data like those gathered during Cannikin, Hasbrouck and Allen hope, scientists should be able to determine accurately the relationship between accumulated stress and the magnetic changes in an earthquake zone. Then, by monitoring the magnetic field, they may well be able to forecast serious upheavals...