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...Goldberg's campaign had pleased only his opponents-and New York insomniacs. Attempting to unseat three-term Republican Governor Nelson Rockefeller, the pompous and verbose Goldberg inspired only an apt characterization that is a campaign cliche: "Yesterday I spent a week with Arthur Goldberg." But things began to steam last week as the usually decorous Goldberg responded to a Rockefeller charge with the earthy observation that "Rockefeller is full of bullshit." Pardon? "You can quote me," fumed Goldberg to startled reporters. "I want you to quote...
Though the government ordered state-owned TV to carry no news of the insurrection, the revolt steadily picked up steam and sympathy. Two weeks ago, Italy's conservative C.I.S.L. labor union called a general strike in the Reggio area. Port workers, post office clerks and telephone and telegraph employees left their jobs. When railway workers followed last week, the 10 million people in Sicily and the toe of the Italian boot were virtually cut off from the rest of the ''country. Barricades and wrecked tracks forced trains from the north to halt two hours short of Reggio...
...other analytic techniques. Every person is surrounded by an invisible cloud of organic salts that have evaporated from the skin and been expelled from the lungs; these tiny pollutants may well be absorbed by the porous glass of laboratory beakers and flasks. Thus polywater-which is made by letting steam condense inside hair-thin glass tubes-could pick up impurities even in the hands of the most cautious chemist. In fact, investigators who have tried to make polywater in polyethylene plastic tubes have invariably failed, Davis notes, because polyethylene is nonporous and cannot trap particles...
...probably the most mammoth athlete to play the position in Harvard history. Once he achieves momentum, he is not easily brought down. But given the inexperience of the offensive line this Fall, his teammates may not be able to give him the time he needs to pick up steam. Varney is, however, nearly unstoppable on a swing pass, and combined with Miller, can provide excellent protection on pass plays. He'll be backed by Scotty Guild, a quick, deceptive senior who will also be running back punts this Fall...
...stock market's rally from its late-May low of 631 on the Dow-Jones industrial average lost a bit of steam last week. Having climbed nearly 70 points since mid-August, the blue-chip indicator dropped nine points and closed at 762, reflecting profit taking, worry over possible auto and railroad strikes and concern about the danger of a new explosion in the Middle East. Despite the dip, analysts are generally cheerful. As the market moves into its traditional post-Labor Day period of reappraisal -both of economic prospects and of individual portfolios-many Wall Streeters think that...