Word: instead
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...wonders about the good accomplished by these manuals for so-called do-it-yourself lawyers [Dec. 8]. Instead of saving legal costs, they often end by generating far more attorneys' fees-because real lawyers have to straighten out relatively routine matters that have become mired by well-intentioned laymen...
...skillful military management, Haig forged the various NATO members into a more cohesive fighting unit. He conducted more realistic maneuvers, with tanks and trucks squeezing through narrow village streets instead of rolling along the autobahns. Units were ordered to engage in simulated combat with no advance warning-a genuine test of readiness. Says one of Haig's top commanders: "He revitalized NATO." A British army general agrees: "As Supreme Commander, he was both impressive and persuasive. When Al Haig fixes those eyes on you and urges you to do this or that, there is virtually no way to refuse...
...seeking more Nixon tapes or to resign. The plan involved having Mississippi Democrat John Stennis, 72, a respected but hard-of-hearing Senator, listen to certain key tapes and verify the accuracy of transcripts to be made by the White House and turned over to the Senate Watergate Committee instead of the tapes. Haig got Stennis and Watergate Committee Members Sam Ervin and Howard Baker to agree to the procedure, but without telling them that Cox had objected to it. When Cox protested publicly, he was fired, and Haig ordered his office sealed...
...exotic energies to arrive, Brazil is making an all-out effort to exploit a quite ordinary, but until now underused, power source: alcohol distilled mainly from its bumper crops of sugar cane. Already, 230,000 of the automobiles moving along Brazil's roads are powered by pure alcohol instead of gasoline. By 1982, Brazil hopes to have produced at least 1 million alcomobiles. Except for a few minor engine alterations, the cars look and run like standard models. And instead of putting out the acrid smell of gasoline fumes, the autos give off an odor resembling vanilla...
Atlanta's new tower has become a laboratory for energy-saving devices. A computer automatically shuts off all lights at 6 p.m. unless instructed to leave some on. Advanced sodium-vapor light fixtures focus illumination on desks instead of dispersing the glow throughout the room. This alone should cut electricity use for lighting by half. A 300,000-gal. underground tank stores water that is chilled overnight when power costs are lower; the water is then used in the air-conditioning system during the daytime. Jobs that require work at unusual hours will be concentrated in an adjoining three...