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...airline uptrend is likely to level off during the ten-week "peak" summer season, when economy fares will temporarily climb back to almost what they are now. But the gamble on lower rates for most of the year has already paid off, and has major implications for the supersonic future. By assuring most airlines of setting new passenger records this year, it adds fuel to the argument of some airmen that the best way to get passengers up is to bring all fares down...
...meet much of their power need; U.S. utilities now build thermal power plants right on top of coal fields because it is cheaper to transport power than coal, and Britain and France cooperate on an under-Channel cable that feeds French power to Britain at the breakfast power peak, then reverses to feed British power to France at its 5 p.m. dinnertime peak...
Both squads figure to be in peak physical condition. Last week a report out of Potsdam had it that captain Roger Purdy was in the infirmary recuperating from pneumonia, but the latest news has him taking part in the last few practices. They recover fast in Northland...
Mammals are much the same. The population cycles of jack rabbits in Minnesota seem to have little to do with the food supply. When the cycle approaches its peak, rabbits begin to die in horrible convulsions, with wild leaps and running movements. Their corpses are well nourished and show no signs of epidemic disease. But their internal organs are fat-clogged, degenerated and damaged by hemorrhages. Overcrowding seems somehow to upset the rabbits' pituitary and adrenal glands, causing their abnormal secretions to trigger a long chain of fatal troubles...
...with a seasoned chess player's ability to plot moves and perceive alternatives, has brought Ling in 17 years from a young master electrician running a small contracting company to chief executive of an electronic and aerospace giant that has $325 million annual sales. Ling, 41, reached this peak not only by working out a series of mergers but by personally selling stock in his company and traveling 120,000 miles annually in search of contracts. He is still growth-conscious; already, with an eye to his three sons, Texans joke about the Ling dynasty...