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Likeliest Guess. Between the two sides there still exists what one Soviet expert calls "a limited adversary relationship." It is not clear why the Russians chose to make some of their conciliatory gestures on nuclear arms. The likeliest guess remains the most obvious: prudent self-interest, a desire to avoid the scattering of nuclear weapons to small nations, and a grim, costly race between the U.S. and Russia to build antiballistic-missile systems. But there is a more intriguing theory-that the Russians acted now because they are concerned about the prospect that Richard Nixon may be the next President...
...latest nonfiction book, The Promise of Space, Clarke foresees the ultimate magic of travel to the stars. "It is not difficult," he explains, "if one is in no particular hurry." For flights that will last from decades to hundreds of years, he has worked out a method that will avoid dooming travelers to spend most of their lives in space. Simply send egg and sperm cells on the trip, he says, and have computers mate them some 20 years before the voyage is to end. After that, he suggests, "carry the embryos through to birth by techniques already foreshadowed...
Cutting Red Taoe. Mostly in response to public indignation, early this month ten major insurance firms began testing a new claim-settling method intended to cut red tape and avoid costly litigation. It is also hoped that the new system will save money for the companies. In seven counties around Chicago, they will immediately offer an injured accident victim up to $5,000 for medical expenses. If the victim, who must be a resident of the area, agrees not to sue for more, the participating companies will also provide up to another $7,500 in quick cash to cover lost...
Dial-a-Cabbage. Vast areas of Harrods' 13 acres of floor space stand empty, mysteriously transmuting the hustle-bustle of commerce into an air of stately calm. A discreet staff of 5,000, meticulously trained to avoid the abrupt "May I help you" approach, murmurs the softest sell on either side of the Atlantic...
...Quakers had planned a second voyage with medical supplies last fall, but when Ho Cho Minh protested that such a voyage would be too dangerous, Phoenix headed for South Vietnam on its humanitarian mission. After the incidents with the South Vietnamese government and a layover just off Cambodia (to avoid provoking Cambodian-American relation), Ho sent word to the crew to come to Haiphong during the Tet truce at the end of January...