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Longer-term prospects for U.S. fishermen look brighter. The unilateral extension of U.S. jurisdiction to 200 miles will inevitably prompt other nations to follow suit, causing sweeping changes in traditional fishing patterns. (The United Nations Law of the Sea Conference has yet to take any multilateral action.) Nations with short coastlines, like Poland and East Germany, could find themselves sharply restricted as to where they can fish, and new markets for U.S.-caught fish could open...
...attack. [But] there is nothing in our culture that suggests we will not in the end defend ourselves successfully. We are the party of liberty. Always have been, even when least true to it. As the lights go out in the rest of the world, they shine all the brighter here...
...that they must not be allowed to succeed. Thus Barry ends his life as a poor invalid in Ireland and Becky as a tattered card sharp making the rounds of tawdry German courts. Yet some sympathy always remains for these characters, either because--like Becky--they are so much brighter and more intelligent than the world around them, or--like Barry--they are so blissfully unaware of their own caddishness. This mixture of feeling is only to be expected from a man who gave the word "snob" its modern meaning and who also wrote The Book of Snobs...
Many clients wonder if Fluor could handle any more work anyway. But Bob Fluor is still hiring top engineers and diversifying into new fields, including nuclear engineering. "Ultimately, the U.S. is going to use the energy resources that it has here," he says, once again looking to a brighter future. Meanwhile, with its gigantic foreign contracts, Fluor can well afford to wait...
...Wind and I Shall Be Released. And why not? As they put their heads together in front of the mike, Joan would put her arm around Bob, mop his brow, kiss his cheek. Most important were several new songs that indicate that the creative fires may be burning brighter than in years. Sarah is the latest in a series of plaints about women. This one is especially poignant since it is addressed to Dylan's wife of ten years. The Dylans, who have five children, are said to have a rocky marriage. Dylan's lament is deep...