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...however, Shell Oil Co. geologists prospecting offshore found an underwater fault that runs only 2½ miles west of Diablo Canyon. At first, this Hosgri fault was thought to be inactive. But studies sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey revealed that it was probably responsible for a 1927 quake estimated at 7.25 on the Richter scale. PG&E experts dispute that conclusion, insisting that a more distant fault caused the quake. If they are right-a crucial if-the plant is designed with a sufficient margin of safety to survive any probable jolt in the area...
Early in the week, Moynihan got into a short but sharp verbal tussle with his Russian counterpart. The admission of the P.L.O. delegation, Moynihan protested, showed a "totalitarian" disregard for due process that threatened to turn the U.N. into "an empty shell." Soviet Ambassador Yakov Malik replied: "I agree with the professor, who lectured us that totalitarianism is a terrible thing indeed. But no less terrible is gangsterism." Moynihan had the last, somewhat heavy word: "Totalitarianism is bad, gangsterism is worse, but capitulationism is the worst...
...photograph, nor the intellectual or conceptual construction Darthy may present to us as a psychological fiction, nor the intuition-image each one of us may have, nor the work of art each one of us may experience, but the indiscernable, where all these meet." Ottoline had constructed such a shell around her--despite her desire to truly connect to the artists around her--that in the end they were left with an image, an evasive sense of having been taken apart by a force greater and more intense than their own creative energy. They could only reconstruct themselves by hurting...
...cramped stage in Paine Hall. 88 members just can't comfortably fit onto this stage built for chamber groups. The orchestra can't rehearse regularly in Sanders since the University rents the hall at every opportunity. Although serious consideration had been given to the use of a sound shell in Memorial Hall last May, the HRO is still rehearsing in Paine Hall and has prepared two more concerts in those cramped quarters...
Joint Ventures. Aside from the replacement of foreign directors by Venezuelans, the most conspicuous immediate changes in the way the oil industry operates in the country will be changes in the names of the companies now under Petrovén. Creole Petroleum will become Lagoven; the former Shell subsidiary will be known as Maraven. One cautious provision in the nationalization law even permits Petrovén to undertake joint ventures with private foreign companies in any petroleum-related field, such as shipping or exploration...