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Still, Bucher kept his cool. After all, U.S. planes not infrequently buzz the Soviet trawlers that serve as spy ships, whooshing in at mast level and sometimes shearing off antennas. It was only when one of the Korean PT boats rigged fenders-rubber tubes and rope mats to cushion impact-and began backing toward Pueblo's bow that Bucher realized what was happening; in the bow of the PT boat stood an armed boarding party. "These guys are serious," the skipper radioed his home port, U.S. Navy headquarters in Yokosuka, Japan. "They mean business...
...Confidence. Many historians regard the battle of Stalingrad as the turning point of World War II, though the Allies' invasion of Normandy and the successful defense of Britain certainly rival it for the honor. In any case, its impact was as much psychological as military. The battle proved the fallibility of Hitler and the vincibility of the Wehrmacht, which up to then had enjoyed little but victory. The magnitude of the Russian victory-91,000 prisoners were taken, including a field marshal and 20 generals*-aroused the dormant hopes of the Allies and gave them new confidence...
Thus far, the H-bomb's fail-safe systems have not been foiled even by shattering falls from high altitudes, as happened at Palomares. In that accident, two hydrogen bombs split open on impact and spilled plutonium, dusting nearby farms, which had to be tediously decontaminated. The same kind of low-level alpha radiation, officially described as "negligible," was discovered on the icebound bay off northwestern Greenland last week. The U.S. airmen who detected the radioactivity reached the blackened, 500-yd.-long crash site on Eskimo dog sleds, the only means available in the swirling snow and 50-m.p.h...
...shrewdly modulated gestures and inflections-a taunting yet soulful stare, a rippling laugh, an unexpectedly quiet and silken musical phrase-she builds a commanding portrait of a creature who is as vulnerable as she is passionate. Vocally and dramatically restrained as her performance is, everything in it has stunning impact because it is carefully fitted into a conception that gives Carmen a rare dignity and emotional depth. "In the first act," explains Resnik, "Carmen is playful, in the second, seductive, in the third, melancholy-and in the fourth, she reaches a state of grandeur. The opera is the story...
Catharsis School. Such shreds of research are useful, but they reveal little of the overall impact of TV on Video Boy's attitudes and behavior. The effect may be profound. Allan Leitman of Boston's Educational Development Center warns that TV is creating a generation of spectators. "Kids come into school today," he explains, "and they wait for people to tell them things. Without handling frogs or flying a kite, they lead less of a life. We're moving along in a mold that will produce people I can't even imagine." Many parents, shuddering...