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...Whose syndicated column she used last week to flail the electronic monster that created her: "Maybe the brisk climate that prodded our forebears into building a nation has become too well heated to build a network with blood coursing through its veins...
Canadians last week enjoyed the mixed blessing of having the world's hardest currency. A brisk international demand pushed the dollar to an alltime high of $1.0611 U.S., bringing joy to Canadian importers, dismay to exporters, and concern to the nation's money managers...
Even so, only 20 million Americans have so far received the recommended three doses of Salk vaccine, Surgeon General Leroy Burney reported; 48 million others have had one or two shots. Though vaccine is again in brisk demand and short supply, Dr. Burney urged community health officials to plan now for mass inoculation, as soon as vaccine becomes available, of 41 million citizens under 40 who have had no shots...
...when they founded the company 50 years ago. Starting out with a $5,000 investment, they pioneered the movie industry's first reliable cameras and projectors, boasted that they "took the flick out of the flickers." Partner Bell sold out in 1921. Howell remained to advise a brisk new management, headed by the late J. H. McNabb, which made a stab at the amateur market with the first handheld, spring-driven 16-mm. movie camera for well-heeled hobbyists...
...efforts and alleviate his shame. Already half mother, half schoolteacher, adolescent Marie Antoinette began slowly to civilize her royal booby. And when at last a minor surgical operation ended their painful frustration, Louis XVI was not only devoted to his helpmate but stood in awe of her brisk self-confidence...