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...confront New Zealand's John Walker, the fastest man ever to run the slightly longer-by 120 yds.-mile (3:49.4). Walker's best time in the 1,500 is only a hairbreadth two-tenths of a second off Bayi's record, set in the Commonwealth Games at Christchurch, New Zealand...
Aside from all the military, political and economic problems, Americans must ask an equally important question: Is independence really justified? Are the principles, the view of man, underlying last week's Declaration valid, and can a commonwealth based on them endure? Even now, many Americans are probably more committed to the principle of governmental legitimacy than most Europeans are. While the Americans' experience in a strange and unspoiled new world has liberated them from many outworn European ideas, it has at the same time made them cling for protection to basic European concepts of government and the rule...
...frequent shutdowns because of already rigorous safety requirements. Also, demand for electricity now is growing more slowly than in previous years, so heavy investments in nuclear power look more risky than ever to utilities-even if they could raise the money. Gordon Corey, vice chairman of Chicago's Commonwealth Edison, which has more nuclear capacity installed than any other utility, notes that U.S. power companies contemplate investments of $650 billion over the next 15 years-and will have to raise $400 billion of that from outside sources, which may or may not be willing to put up that much...
State Rep. Francis W. Hatch Jr. '46 (R-Beverly), the minority leader, said the petition would be a "disaster for the Commonwealth" yesterday in a speech before the House of Representatives...
...account for about half the costs of running a Western vessel. Beyond that, the Soviet merchant marine does not have to show a profit; the state can absorb losses until Western lines cut service, or even abandon unprofitable routes. If that happens, warns A.E. Lemon, director of the British & Commonwealth Shipping Co., "the Russians will be able to raise rates to whatever level they wish...