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...seismic activity over the past millennia; is not subject to hurricanes, tornadoes or floods. It should be in an endless expanse of unpopulated desert with an abundant supply of very cold water flowing nowhere and containing no aquatic life. Most important, it should be adjacent to a major load center...
...White House aide said he felt Agnew had been "exceptionally effective" as a campaigner, because "he threw the entire Democratic Party nationally on the defensive." Since the election, he added, the Vice-President's role has changed. "Just as he carried the load in political matters, now he'll have to carry the load in selling programs to the people," he said...
...temporary four-day week seems to lift morale. Knox Reeves Advertising of Minneapolis closed Fridays throughout last July because President Kenneth Oelschlager wanted to test whether more leisure would generate more ideas in a business that depends on brainpower. The staff whizzed through a heavier-than-usual work load, and "do it the July way" has now become a byword in the agency for more intensive and productive work. Metropolitan Life's assistant vice president for electronic installations, Edward M. Honan, reports no less satisfying results from the three-day schedule adopted for computer crews. "It is working...
When Marvin Katko, 30, broke into an abandoned farmhouse near Oskaloosa, Iowa, a shotgun cut loose with a load of buckshot, hitting him in the right ankle. The gun had been tied to a bed, and the trigger was wired to go off when the bedroom door was opened. Katko was arrested, for petty larceny, fined $50 and put on six months' probation. Justice had apparently been done, or so everyone thought-except Marvin Katko...
Even though computers have taken over much of the paperwork load, Wall Street may now lack sufficient experienced hands to deal with sustained high volume. About 7,000 employees were laid off last year as firms cut their costs to match their reduced volume. Many of those people have found permanent jobs with banks and insurance companies. If the trading frenzy grows, brokerage back offices "are going to end up in the same predicament again," warns Sam Bard, president of the Committee for Investors' Protection. Plus ça change, Wall Street has yet to prove that it has learned...