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...puff of smoke. Since Brezhnev vanished from public view on Dec. 24, he has been widely reported to be medically and politically moribund. Some Kremlinologists predicted that if he failed to greet Wilson, who was making his first state visit to Moscow in seven years, that would confirm the direst of long-distance diagnoses. On the eve of the British Prime Minister's visit, the respected Paris daily Le Monde cited "informed Soviet sources" as saying that Brezhnev had suffered a "brutal" relapse from cancer, or, alternatively, cardiovascular disease. Other sources speculated that the party chief had lost...
...newsletter went on to confirm the Organizing Committee's decision two weeks ago to ask the NLRB for an election to determine whether a majority of the employees want to be represented by District...
...blanket criticism of science fiction is to Sturgeon an "obverted obeisance," a childish act of disobedience that serves to confirm the authority science has gained. While Bova sees science fiction as the new mythology--the emotional crutch to soften the impact of science--Sturgeon finds it to be the scapegoat...
Galileo Galilei, you will recall, got himself into a great deal of trouble back in the early 17th century by daring to confirm the Copernican theory of the universe. The Italian astronomer-physicist also formulated certain principles of dynamics and refined a new invention called the telescope-accomplishments that were considered acceptable, even exciting. But insisting that the earth revolved around the sun was pushing things too far, and the church got in a terrible tear. The idea that the earth was not the center of the universe held disturbing theological and philosophical implications, unacceptable to Rome. Galileo was urged...
Many of the nearly 15,000 subscribers, who pay $5 per copy, are comedians, writers and broadcasters seeking to enliven their routines or stories. Even the White House has a copy, and staffers sometimes phone Chase to confirm a date. Once White House aides went so far as to track Chase down at his sick father's bedside in Florida to check on the date of a German historical event; they were planning a celebration to honor a visiting dignitary...