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 Vol. 042 Issue 004 (April 1 1978)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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COMMENT The Fall of Cosmos 954 The radioactive remains of Cosmos 954 plummeted to earth just in time to help Americans celebrate the twentieth anniversary of our great space adventure — an...
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The Word from Washington
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THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON According to the newspapers, Congress has been preoccupied since the new session started with the Panama Canal debate (if so it can be styled), staving off the dread...
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People Against Power
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Wasserman, Harvey
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People against Power HARVEY WASSERMAN Last October, more than 250 angry residents of Hartford, Connecticut, swarmed into a public utilities hearing, demanded a halt to high electric bills, shouted...
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Profit-Centered Energy
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Bowring, Joseph
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Profit-centered Energy JOSEPH BOWRING Despite well-publicized squabbling between the oil companies and the Carter Administration, the Administration's energy package remains closely attuned to the...
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Trouble at the Nuclear Dump
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Parks, Alexis
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Trouble at the Nuclear Dump ALEXIS PARKS Sheffield, Illinois First, radioactive materials disappeared from the low-level nuclear dumpsite in Beatty, Nevada, managed by the Nuclear Engineering...
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Peril at Rocky Flats
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Solo, L.M. Jendrzejczyk and Pam
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Peril at Rocky Flats L.M. JENDRZEJCZYK and PAM SOLO Denver "No Firearms or Explosives Allowed Beyond This Point." This sign, planted alongside a narrow access road at the foothills of the Rocky...
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Northern Thunder's Campaign
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Galazen, Thomas
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Northern Thunder's Campaign THOMAS GALAZEN Eau Claire, Wisconsin Public opposition to nuclear plant construction generally centers upon questions of safety, environmental impact, and economic cost...
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A Choice of Evils
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Solomon, Norman
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A Choice of Evils NORMAN SOLOMON Columbia County, Oregon Nuclear power went on trial in a rural Oregon courtroom during the closing days of 1977, as a criminal trespass case against and-nuclear...
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No Place to Hide
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Marchino, Michael
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No Place to Hide MICHAEL L. MARCHINO The investigative reporter was telling tens of thousands of radio listeners that if they were stocking their fallout/bomb shelters with food and water, they...
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Reflections: On SALT II
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Lens, Sidney
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REFLECTIONS On SALT II SIDNEY LENS The imminent agreement — or, at least, potentially imminent agreement — between the United States and the Soviet Union in the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks...
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Keeping the Faith
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Lynch, Roberta
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The Catholic Church, shaped by the dogmas of the past, faces critical choices about the present Keeping the Faith ROBERTA LYNCH According to the New Testament, Jesus Christ told his leading...
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Jihad
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Mayer, Milton
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jihad MILTON MAYER Oppressed people, or peoples, must be expected to behave badly — for instance, to make nonnegotiable (and only nonnegotiable) demands of their oppressors. One season the...
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Amnesty International: Prisoner of Success?
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Hanson, Christopher
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Its new prestige could impair the organization's effectiveness Amnesty International: Prisoner of Success? CHRISTOPHER HANSON On December 10, 1973, Coca Rudolphy, a Chilean actress, lay in a dark...
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The Philippine Bases: Bulwark of Dictatorship
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Schirmer, Daniel B.
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The Marcos regime looks to U.S. installations for financial, political, and military support The Philippine Bases: Bulwark of Dictatorship DANIEL B. SCHIRMER In a burst of imperial energy about...
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Hope (Yes, Hope) for Italy
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Tortora, Vincent R.
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A new spirit rises from political chaos and violence in the streets Hope (Yes, Hope) for Italy VINCENT R. TORTORA The news from Italy in recent years has verged on the sensational — almost daily...
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Television: Chicken-coop Journalism
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Deeb, Gary
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TELEVISION Chicken-coop Journalism GARY DEEB Nobody ever accused NBC of being a courageous network that cares about serving the public. Indeed, for years many of us have referred to NBC as "the...
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Art: Frida Kahlo - Focus on Self
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McDaniel, Charles-Gene
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ART Frida Kahlo: Focus on Self CHARLES-GENE McDANIEL Frida Kahlo created what is probably the most agonizing and introspective pictorial record ever left by an artist. During her adult life, she...
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American Communists under the Spell
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Cantor, Milton
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BOOKS American Communists under the Spell MILTON CANTOR THE ROMANCE OF AMERICAN COMMUNISM, by Vivian Gornick. Basic Books. 265 pp. $10. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF AN AMERICAN COMMUNIST, by Peggy...
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Microwave Hazards
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BERGER, JOHN J.
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Microwave Hazards THE ZAPPING OF AMERICA: MICROWAVES, THEIR DEADLY RISK, AND THE COVER-UP, by Paul Brodeur. W.W. Norton & Co. 343 pp. $11.95. JOHN J. BERGER Could millions of people regularly be...
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McGovern at Midpoint
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Serwer, Arnold
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McGovern at Midpoint GRASSROOTS. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF GEORGE McGOVERN. Random House. 307 pp. $12.50. ARNOLD SERWER If the horrors of Watergate had come to widespread public view before November...
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Dance of the Giants
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KUKLICK, BRUCE
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The Turbulent 1930s STORMY WEATHER: CROSSLIGHTS ON THE 1930s. AN INFORMAL SOCIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 1929-1941, by J.C. Furnas. CP. Putnam's Sons. 669 pp. $15. WILLIAM L. O'NEILL This is...
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The Turbulent 1930s
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O'Neill, William L.
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Dance of the Giants THE GIANTS: RUSSIA AND AMERICA, by Richard C. Barnet. Simon and Schuster. 190 pp. $8.95. BRUCE KUKLICK Richard Barnet achieved some journalistic prominence in pre-Watergate...
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Beside Boswell
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McCann, William
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Beside Boswell SAMUEL JOHNSON, by W. Jackson Bate. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich. 646 pp. $19.95. WILLIAM McCANN Samuel Johnson's contemporaries recognized him as an all but incomparable subject, and...
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Converting POWs
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SCANLAN, CHRISTOPHER
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Converting POWs STALAG: U.S.A., by Judith M. Gansberg. Thomas Y. Crowell. 234 pp. $9.95 CHRISTOPHER SCANLAN The subtitle of Judith Gansberg's Stalag: U.S.A., "The Remarkable Story of German POWs...
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Books Briefly
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Books Briefly THE POISON THAT FELL FROM THE SKY, by John G. Fuller (Random House. 113 pp. $6.95). The disaster was called an "Italian Hiroshima." On July 10, 1976, a cloud of fumes exploded from a...
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Letters
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LETTERS Alcohol for Fuel I was impressed with the article, "Alcohol for Gasoline," by Jeanne Schinto, in a recent issue. This cheaply produced, renewable substitute for gasoline has the potential...
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End Game: Found Object
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Lipez, Richard
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END CAME Found Object RICHARD LIPEZ Cliff Boswell was browsing through his new spring seed catalog one bright Saturday morning when his children rushed in and announced that a black box with two...
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