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...Gandhi's death are still to be solved. India's economy is a schizophrenic mixture of state and private enterprise. Religious fanaticism and factionalism remain strong, despite earnest efforts to overcome them. Poverty and illiteracy afflict the vast majority of the people, and the birth rate spirals upward at the rate of approximately 10 million new mouths to feed each year...
...operates like a huge, carpeted Escalator without steps. An upward-moving belt covered with a rug of white Caprolan fiber makes a ski area approximately 20 ft. by 55 ft. Wearing 30-in. "shortee" skis, the skier pushes off from the top of the platform, makes headway against the moving belt, which literally pulls the rug out from under him at speeds that can vary to simulate different slopes and snow conditions. The pile in the rug is thick enough to act something like snow, permitting the skier to execute all the standard turns...
Most of the familiar economic indicators last week pointed upward...
...Class of 1964 excelled all its predecessors in promise," reported the President. "What this means, I am sure, is not that this and other recent classes are brighter at the top but simply that the pressure of numbers has steadily pushed upward the floor of acceptable academic attitude...
...Biggest news for sailors is Ratsey's refinement of the holed spinnaker, the Venturi. The sail has a series of horizontal slots across its top half. The breeze flowing through the slots shoots downward, thus by counteraction pushing the sail itself upward and providing extra lift. According to Designer George Ratsey, the slots also operate to reduce the "knockdown" or heeling effect on close reaches. Price: 25% higher than conventional spinnakers...