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This is Sagan's space litany, presented in The Cosmic Connection. Readers who would like more detail could do worse than begin with the 39 mini-essays in the book. Sagan's purpose is nothing less than to refocus man's perspective about his place in the chain of being. Astronauts' bootprints left on the moon stir his imagination like "contemporary ziggurats," places "where the gods came down to earth and the population as a whole transcended everyday life." For him, the U.S. space program is justified simply because it irreversibly thrust us into interplanetary travel...
...suburban research campuses that ring Detroit, auto engineers are working overtime on designs for even smaller models. Next year, American Motors will probably bring out a new mini-car that may be smaller than any existing U.S.-made auto, get more than 30 m.p.g. and carry a sticker price of about $2,000. Even Cadillac...
...more and more women follow in the footsteps of Shakespeare's Portia, inquiries like the one on the pantsuit seem more likely. For instance, Watergate Prosecutor Jill Volner has been an eyecatcher as she cross-examines at Judge John Sirica's court in boots and a mini. Would the same attire pass muster before the "nine...
LAST SPRING Harvard stumbled through a mini-crisis of authority: administrators and committee members slowed the pace of their work, waiting to discern which way the soon-to-be-appointed dean of the Faculty would lead them. The delay grew longer and longer, and President Bok's deadline for appointing John T. Dunlop's successor passed by. Some gave up and delivered their proposals into the hands of the acting Faculty deans, Franklin L. Ford and Harvey Brooks. But others waited more patiently...
...controversial street crime unit called STRESS (Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets), which had cut down crime but antagonized blacks by shooting too often from the hip. Promising that he would disband STRESS, Young proposed to put more cops on the beat and to set up mini-police stations in 50 different neighborhoods. Both candidates also offered a variety of thoughtful proposals for better housing and transportation...