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...brass and stainless steel work stands 20 feet high, and at its top there are parts that move with the wind Artist Michio I Hare hoped to reflect the pace of life at that busy intersection by capturing the movement and changes of light and air "I lived and worked in Central Square for many years and watched the flow of people and things through the area," says I Ihara "I hope the piece reflects a knowledge and a love of the area and of that particular spot...
...hour uprising began after shipyard workers placed flowers at the base of a 140-ft. steel monument honoring their comrades who were killed by government troops in Gdansk during the riots of 1970. Teen-agers and university students began chanting slogans against martial law and, according to Polish authorities, tried to storm public buildings. Independent witnesses, however, report that the incident began when ZOMO police suddenly charged the peaceful gathering. Police hurled tear gas grenades into the crowd and fired water cannons through the narrow streets of the city's old town to contain the demonstrators. The riots were...
Even though the U.S. languishes in its third recession in ten years, and industries like autos and steel seem incapable of competing with the Japanese, the bright, bold and brassy risk takers are not only thriving; they are leading the U.S. into the industries of the 21st century. Writes George Gilder, a supply-side theorist, in Wealth and Poverty: "Entrepreneurs are fighting America's only serious war against poverty. The potentialities of invention and enterprise are now greater than ever before in human history...
...virtually no net gain in employment during the same period. Says Benjamin Rosen, an electronics industry analyst and a financial backer of new enterprises: "These companies represent the true vitality of the American economy. We are wasting too many of our resources trying to keep alive dying industries like steel and automobiles rather than paying attention to and helping these new firms." he odds against success, of course, are high. In 1981 the number of U.S. business failures was 45% higher than 1980, reaching a 20-year high of 17,040. Indeed, only one in ten investments...
...nuclear power plants were shut down for safety reasons one day out of every eight. And signs for the future are ominous Thirty three nuclear plants now report cracking and corrosion in their steam generator tubes--the same problem which caused the Ginna accident At '2 other plants, the steel easings of the reactor cores have become so brittle under radioactive bombardment that the plants may have to shut down by the end of this year...