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...lunar landing can be attempted. The reason: if the command ship's engine cannot be controlled, the rocket power of the lunar lander is necessary to get the reunited ships back to earth. In fact, that so-called "life raft mode" was used to bring home the stricken Apollo 13 spacecraft two years...
Maine's dilemma is to gain the benefits of economic development without ruining its glorious natural environment. That the poverty-stricken state will grow is certain: its thick stands of timber, its scenic land and deep harbors ensure more manufacturing, trade and tourism. As in most states, development has been disorderly, resulting in an ominous trend toward the most irreversible sort of pollution-badly used land. To stop that trend, A Maine Manifest proposes several steps, including...
Mortimer Feinberg, professor of industrial psychology at the City University of New York, recommends five steps for conscience-stricken workers...
...secretary at a major New York-based pharmaceutical firm. Another almost universal gripe: being asked to serve as the office "go fer," who is sent out to buy coffee, cigarettes and the like. A secretary is both a necessity and a comforting luxury for many executives, who are terror-stricken at the prospect of having to do without one. But she certainly should be encouraged to do much more than menial jobs and be given a better chance to get ahead in the company...
...truly and unobtrusively to his debunking overview that the irony of his "brotherhood of man" finish goes overlooked. True, a fraulein warbling a love-song reduces French soldiers to tears. But we know that their captain only gives them a moment, that the decimated ranks will soon be further stricken...