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...which could esca late into a nuclear holocaust. I am sure the President has carefully contemplated the danger of permitting the United States to be bogged down in an endless war in Asia, thus leaving the Soviets free to work their machinations in Latin America, in the Mediterranean basin, in Europe, and perhaps elsewhere. Vacuums are tempting-they might be irresistibly so. We are closing the breach in the Communist world. We should minimize our involvement rather than maximize it. No one is suggesting that we duck tail and run. It's a question of priorities...
...Palace annex, he eliminated 100 light fixtures (at $50 each) by doing away with the "up" and "down" elevator signal lights in the hallways; instead, he placed the lights just inside the elevator cars, where they show as the doors open. By installing towel hooks next to the wash basins, he encouraged customers to make do with one towel (instead of the usual four), thus has saved $7,000 a year for the Hartford Statler. The Tabler-designed combination basin and vanity table has become a standard item in many hotels, helped to reduce the size of the average bathroom...
...from Britain's Midlands to the U.S.'s western Pennsylvania, cluster around their major sources of coal or iron ore. Over the last century, France and Germany fought three bloody wars partly motivated by the belief that joining the Ruhr coalfields to the ore of the Saar basin would give the victor economic hegemony over Europe. Today, the march of technology is revolutionizing the economics and geography of the world's most basic industry. From Tokyo to Naples, steelmen are moving to the sea, erecting new plants hundreds (and sometimes thousands) of miles from even the meagerest...
...whether it might sometimes go too far. Instead of the heart simply slowing down, Dr. Wolf asked himself, might it not actually stop? To check his reasoning, he talked his wife and three children into joining other volunteers in repeatedly dunking their faces in a wash basin while he took their electrocardiograms. Their heart rates promptly slowed down. One of Wolfs most important findings was that fear intensified the reflex. If a man feels severe pain and suspects he is having a heart attack, Wolf concluded, he may panic, thus causing a reflex so marked that his heart will quit...
...Harvard's sailing team heads for the Coast Guard Academy this morning for a weekend of races, the Radcliffe faction of the Yacht Club will be making last-minute preparations for the Radcliffe Invitational Regatta, to be held at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Charles River Basin...