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...closed. In Prince Georges County, Md., by contrast, a judge who suddenly found himself short of jurors simply sent sheriffs deputies out to round up some citizens. Among the 20 or so corralled were a woman heading home with a bag of groceries and an angry trucker with a load of wet cement. In South Carolina's Hampton County, everything depends on an antique system in which a child under ten or a blind person sits in court and pulls the names of potential jurors from a metal box. Says Marjorie Avant, a courthouse employee: "No one ever suggested...
Many of the big carriers are now doing well because their large aircraft, which were often flying half full before the controllers went on strike, are carrying more passengers, since the FAA is allowing fewer flights to take off. Their load factors-the number of paying passengers on each plane-were often up during the month of August as compared with a year ago (see chart). Fewer nights carrying more passengers can mean profits for airlines that had been losing money because of the industry's excess capacity. Said Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis: "We feel we will have...
...additional cabling is added to the computer and students drop out or switch to Applied Sciences 10, "Automatic Computing," the load may be eased, however, Lewis added...
Most of the tug crews will wait anxiously for the now-empty barges to be rehitched so that they can set sail for Seattle. But for Kardonsky, the most experienced skipper in the fleet, a more savage task remains. The Cavalier has to tow one last load of equipment to Prudhoe Bay. The tug will return to Wainwright, hook up with a bargeload of pipes from Japan and once more swing east. Feeling the menacing bite of the chill September air, the crew will be praying harder than usual that the Arctic not mistake Kardonsky's nerve for defiance...
Kelleher's early fascination with Irish literature bloomed in later years into deep interest in the country's early history. His extensive work on early written histories and genealogies--which will take up even more of his time when he reduces his teaching load next year-require as much sleuthing as anything else, searching for names in one place after another in an attempt to create a more solid history. It is scholarly work that does not require lecturing, which in some ways may be a relief for Kelleher. Though the Configuide and other sources have labelled...