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...whirlwind of purple and violet. As the tension builds the entire group in unison begins to wriggle, writhe and shake. Then in a mutlisecond switch they are standing stiff as boards. These fast movements continue--appearing like a video set at high speed--until one can not absorb any more. Then the choreography slows down, even as Gerhwin's concerto continues to roll...
...employees to afford a higher standard of living. Budget deficits undermine such increases because they require the Government to borrow funds that would otherwise be available to finance investments in plant and equipment and in housing. The projected annual deficits of 5% of G.N.P. mean that Government borrowing would absorb more than half of these funds...
...that increasing carbon-dioxide levels could be predicted by looking at pollution levels has been shattered. Scientists have discovered that there are innumerable factors that cause a given amount of pollution to cause a greater build-up of carbon dioxide. Deforestation and the decreasing ability of ocean sediments to absorb carbon dioxide ,for example, has severely disrupted the carbon cycle--the process by which terrestrial life absorbs and breaks down carbon compounds and emits pure carbon into the atmosphere. Climatologists assert that the unexpectedly high atmospheric carbon dioxide level that has been recorded in recent years is in large part...
Many in the West, especially among the intellectual elites, had begun to absorb a deep conviction, laminated in the soul, that the problems of the world were intractable, that the future lying ahead was an ever darkening road. Worldwide famines and dire overpopulation loomed, people murdering for bowls of rice. Global pollution. The death of the rivers and oceans. The earth itself became the raft of the Medusa...
...crucial uncertainty for Union Carbide is whether courts will conclude that it was negligent and therefore assess punitive as well as compensatory damages. In general, insurance policies do not cover punitive damages. Standard & Poor's estimated that Union Carbide could absorb up to $300 million in accident-related liability costs. Nonetheless, the financial-rating agency put Union Carbide's bonds on a "credit watch" to warn investors about potential risks...