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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first half of Disturbing the Universe is largely his scientific autobiography, the second is his somewhat disjointed account of what must have been a disjointed later career. Why should a man of such acknowledged brilliance lead his professional life thus--first working with atomic energy, then space missions; now testifying before the Supreme Court, now tutoring the Princeton prodigy who independently discovered the atomic bomb? Because, it seems, he gave up on himself as a pure theoretical physicist. "I was," writes Dyson, "and always have remained, a problem solver rather than a creator of ideas. I can not, as Bohr...
...West Bankers, could easily have been avoided. Two weeks ago Israeli General Danny Matt, the military administrator of the occupied territories, called Nablus Mayor Bassam Shaka'a, 48, into his office for a chat. Next day the Tel Aviv daily Ha'aretz published a partial account of the purported conversation; according to the newspaper version, Shaka'a implied that he approved of a 1978 bus attack by Palestinian terrorists in which 34 Israelis were killed...
...steep rise follows an unexpectedly sharp decline earlier this year. Then, the major oil companies and the nation's 12,000 independent smaller operators, who account for about 80% of all drilling, were putting off new exploration. Major reason: uncertainty over the decontrol of oil prices and new natural gas pricing regulations. The turning point came in June when crude began to be decontrolled. Oil from wells "newly discovered" after Jan. 1, 1979, began to sell at $28.81 per bbl. delivered to the refinery, rather than the artificially controlled price of $13.86. The additional oil from older wells produced...
While the market for houses is slumping, sales of condominiums and cooperative apartments are holding up better. They account for only 2.3% of all U.S. housing, but in recent years they have become the hottest properties in residential real estate, and supertight money seems unlikely to put more than a temporary brake on demand...
...started an auto plant in Northern Ireland and may want GM's help in securing parts and dealers. After years of frustration, Wright took out a $50,000 second mortgage on his house and published the book himself. The work is presented as DeLorean's first-person account, and he now says that he generally would not repudiate...