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...promote this viewpoint in what is perhaps the inevitable consequence of the catastrophe theory controversy, a book designed for the layman. Except for an occasional article in Scientific American or Newsweek, literature on this new methodology has been highly technical--and few members of the general public are sufficiently adept at differential topology to wade through such formidable math...
Even Conservative apologists like Peregrine Worsthorne in the Daily Telegraph and the editors of the influential Economist have publicly cast doubt on whether British business will be adept enough in responding to the 'Spirit of Proposition 13" to produce the necessary growth on its own. There are fears of a repeat of 1971-72, when similar incentives from the Conservative government of Edward Heath merely produced property speculation, a record low in productive investment and an inflationary consumer boom. The Tories have claimed they will provide some of the money by allowing private investment in state-run industries--but this...
...fostering ways have stirred no great undertow of resentment. After all, nepotism is an old Balkan tradition and may be a small price to pay for a new one that Ceauşescu himself has invented: keeping independent of the Soviets. In both areas Ceausescu has proved himself an adept...
Tyng teamed up with ace pitcher H.C. Ernst to form one of the greatest batteries in Crimson baseball history. Ernst, who in 1876 had twirled the first no-hitter ever by a Harvard pitcher, was adept at throwing the curve. The pitch had been developed by W. Arthur Cummings of the Stars of Brooklyn team...
...traitor," as Joe Clark tartly put it on a swing to Quebec City, the youthful Tory leader concentrated on the Trudeau economic record and pledged a passel of policies to Get Canada Working Again. The son of a newspaper publisher in High River, Alta., Clark has proved himself an adept parliamentary leader in his three years as Conservative chief. Many Canadians, however, worry about his relative inexperience, particularly in foreign affairs. After a somewhat nervous start on the hustings, Clark found his stride, advancing himself as a consensus seeker as opposed to "Mr. Trudeau's campaign of uniting Canada...