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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There have been moments along the difficult presidential journey of Jimmy Carter when he seemed close to fulfilling his own prophecy that he could "achieve greatness." He recognized the gravity of the energy problem early. He had the courage to see the peril of inflation and change his course. In the glades of Camp David, when his goodness, his determination and his sincerity brought Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat together for peace, Carter seemed ready to move beyond historical inhibitions...
...course of the investigation, police officers searching through his credit card receipts found that he had also been close to the scene of several recent murders in Colorado. After strands of hair from his car were identified as coming from Caryn Campbell, 24, a Michigan nurse who was murdered while on a ski vacation in Colorado in 1975, Bundy was extradited to Aspen for trial early in 1977. Late that year, he escaped by losing 35 Ibs. and wriggling through a lighting panel in his maximum-security cell...
Indeed, NASA is busily renting out payload space. For $10,000 its salespeople are offering a "Getaway Special," a package for research experiments involving less than 200 Ibs. and measuring under 5 cu. ft. Two early takers: Film Makers Steven Spielberg and Michael Phillips (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) for a project that they are still keeping secret. Eventually the shuttle may be used for far bolder enterprises: assembling solar power satellites that can collect the sun's rays and beam that concentrated energy down to earth; erecting giant antennas that could revolutionize global communications; and putting together...
...Bend is yet another of V.S. Naipaul's impeccably crafted books. He maintains a level of tension that becomes almost intolerable; the reader can feel the vines and the president's guard coming too close to his house. This is writing that makes one want to open a window or turn on a fan. Or keep a gun by the bedside...
Sailing is no longer the elite sport that it once was. And reluctant to pay high prices for gasoline, more and more Boston area residents are staying close to home, taking advantage of a free breeze and the various sailing facilities in the vicinity. Last Tuesday, students of the Boston Sailing Center manned 27-foot-long Solings and enjoyed an evening of racing in Boston Harbor...