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...time in offering personal tips on how to warm yourself up. In the Nation section, Robert Goldstein recommended the "Canadian Two-Step," a lively, though inexplicable, jig that he learned while writing in frigid Montreal. For some reason, more people seemed interested in the antidote offered by World Writer Burton Pines, who recalled how he survived a chilly reporting assignment on the midwinter Baltic Sea: "I found that hot, spicy red cabbage combined with lots of vodka will create a furnace in the stomach that will last for hours. Alas, we cannot in good conscience recommend this potion...
...point out that estimating replacement costs is a highly subjective business. A machine might be obsolete and thus hard to price. Its replacement, because of unproved technology, could even cost less. "The numbers just don't mean anything," warns International Business Machines Economist David Grove. But John C. Burton, who pushed through the new rules as chief accountant at the SEC (he is now New York's deputy mayor for finance), disagrees: "It's time that financial types developed a greater tolerance for imprecision, because that's the way the world...
...torturous rise from slavery in America. Unglamorized and at times disturbingly stark, Roots features Cicely Tyson as Kinte's mother, Maya Angelou as his grandmother, John Amos as Kinte in middle age, and Ben Vereen as his grandson. Kinte as a teenager will be portrayed by LeVar Burton, 19, a U.S.C. sophomore and acting novice. To give the somber story line additional star power, such big names as Lorne Greene, Lloyd Bridges, Chuck Connors, O.J. Simpson, Leslie Uggams and Doug McClure will appear in small roles...
Part Prophet. Secluded at the rear of the chamber, O'Neill tried to show no emotion, but his expression was morose. Though he stood aloof from the struggle and made a point of saying, "I can work with anyone," he is known to loathe Burton. Suddenly, an emissary burst from the Speaker's lobby, where the secret paper ballots were being counted, held up one finger and passed the word to members: Wright 148, Burton 147. Tip O'Neill was grinning, ear to ear. The early speculation was proved wrong: 53 Boiling voters swung to Wright...
...outraged," protested Nicol Burton of the National Organization for Women. "The Supreme Court has legalized sex discrimination," agreed Susan Ross of the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation. The court's decision does not rule out new legislation on the issue, however, and feminist leaders now plan to lobby for action from Congress. A number of them added another observation-that the Supreme Court could use a good woman on the bench...