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Most striking of all is the French commitment to fast-breeder reactors like Super Phenix, which produce or "breed" more fuel than they consume. That is because breeders, which are fueled by plutonium and uranium 238, generate more plutonium than is "burned" during the nuclear cycle. The danger is that plutonium, if it winds up in the wrong hands, can also be used to make nuclear weapons. For this reason President Carter is opposed to the construction of the experimental fast-breeder on the bank of the Clinch River in Tenn. Skeptics argue that Super Phenix, which will cost...
HYNDE'S MESSAGE is also irritating. Self-assured and in control, this new breed of woman artist (see Martha Davis of the Motels) is loath to display any signs of vulnerability, even emotion. Instead, they offer lines like...
What these and other experts see is the emergence of a new breed of populist candidate, who despite the complicated and potentially dangerous foreign and domestic issues facing the United States, wins because he fits in so well on Main Street...
...challenge it was. There are only about 650 species that customarily breed in North America, along with another 50 that visit frequently and another 100 or so that fly by occasionally. Only seven bird watchers have spotted 700 different species on the continent-and they did so over their lifetimes...
...death of Colosimo may breed further hostility, and some students said problems may be aggravated if school is turned into an armed camp. "Let us take care of it ourselves." one student told the meeting. "We don't want SWAT teams in the halls," she added...