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More than two decades have passed since moviegoers first watched James Bond tail a Rolls-Royce to Goldfinger's Alpine retreat by tracking a moving blip across a screen on the dashboard of his Aston Martin. Now advances in computer technology have turned this Hollywood fantasy into automotive reality...
...vote had been scheduled on the motion that will make the sister city bond official. However, the Council postponed consideration of this order until a hearing on April 27, when the mission will have returned...
...Illinois has spent $4.5 million in developing its proposal for siting the SSC near Fermilab, and California has picked its spot, near Stockton. South Dakota has appropriated $900,000 to land the accelerator. Texas is promoting ten different sites for the tunnel and considering a $1 billion bond issue. Says Texas Governor Bill Clements of the SSC: "It could be bigger than NASA." Particle-physics fans are cropping up in the most unlikely places. In Malone, N.Y., a small town near the Canadian border, 800 people turned out to hear physicists lecture about the project...
...Does the bond of the surrogate mother really possess such moral weight? Here an analogy seems appropriate. If the surrogate mother's child cannot legitimately be taken from her by force of contract, what about an artist's creation? Can the work of an artistic genius be sold? Say a wealthy benefactor commissions a statue by some modern-day Michelangelo. In the process of creating a masterpiece, he grows so attached to the work that he cannot bear to part with it. Must...
...older friend." On the island, the jail quickly filled to capacity (60) as cops contended with the rowdies. Police checked hotel lobbies and pool decks, carting off underage drinkers. But mostly the officers went easy, tolerating all but the nastiest drunks and even accepting credit cards for bond and payment of minor fines. "We're not hostile," observed Chief Ed Sanders. "We understand they're down here to have a good time." Agreed Justice of the Peace Robert Tenison, who was assessing mostly $70 disorderly-conduct fines rather than the maximum $200: "These are college kids. People are willing...