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While all this is annoying, there is apparently another, even more remarkable effect of the 765-kv. lines. Says Ruggles: "I've noticed that corn won't mature under the line. The ears come out, but they won't mature, and you have to chop them up for silage." In her recent book on the subject, Power Over People (Oxford University Press; $7.50), Physicist Louise B. Young gives one possible reason: the discharge of high voltages into the air can produce ozone, a form of oxygen with three (rather than two) atoms in its molecular makeup...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Leaking Electricity | 11/19/1973 | See Source »

...Friday heats, the 'Cliffe's new boat experienced difficulty with the 30 mph winds and the chop that dotted the course with whitecaps. In the preliminary race, water sloughed in at an alarming rate over the sides of the low slung boat. By the end of the race, the 'Cliffe eight had shipped five inches of water in the bottom of the craft, and finished behind Vesper, barely qualifying for the finals...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: 'Cliffe Crew Summer: The Road to Moscow | 9/17/1973 | See Source »

Five Fingers is a kind of chop-suey western exploiting Kung Fu, one of the Chinese martial arts of man-to-man combat. Instead of six-shooters, the actors use their hands, feet and heads to show who is the fastest draw in the East. Besides kicking, jumping and batting their heads together, they like to yell and grunt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The Men Behind Kung Fooey | 6/11/1973 | See Source »

...profit in ice. In dope, plenty." The hero, Bruce Lee, may be furious of fist, but he is decidedly slow on the uptake. He spends an extraordinary amount of time tracking down the archvillain. Finally, the two lock in combat on the villain's lawn. While they kick, chop and clobber each other, the road right beside the field of battle is fairly clogged with traffic. No one bothers to take a look, much less stops to help, an inadvertent suggestion of how quickly boredom can beset the martial arts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Quick Cuts | 5/21/1973 | See Source »

Radcliffe looked impressive, but the UConn and Williams contingents didn't quite measure up to expectations. Perfect conditions--light wind, no chop--promised an exciting race. But except for the brief moment at the start, Radcliffe was never seriously challenged...

Author: By Peter A. Landry, | Title: Radcliffe Crew Strokes Past Williams, UConn Boats | 5/7/1973 | See Source »

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