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...some experts contend that customers who reduce the flow of cold air into their homes with proper weather stripping and install new flame-retention oil burners, which cost about $400 and increase furnace efficiency by improving the air-fuel mixture, can save more money than by converting...
...Book of Common Prayer has supplanted the old. The new Alternative Service Book, English church officials insist, is merely to "supplement" the 1662 version. But opponents fear that it will eventually eliminate traditional prayers and King James Bible readings. As evidence, they contend that the old services are already virtually unused in theological schools and in parishes that have used the new rites during an extended trial period...
...rented Virginia estate, with Republican Representative David Stockman of Michigan playing Carter's role. As Stockman zinged charges, Reagan tried out two or three retorts before settling on the one that he used most effectively. When Carter accused him of opposing Medicare, Reagan, who did indeed contend that medical care for the aged would be better left in the hands of private insurers, acted as if Carter had again misstated his record. The ex-actor gave a bemused smile, cocked his head to the side and murmured: "There you go again...
Justice Department officials contend that Barnett was not arrested or exposed earlier because the CIA hoped to turn him into a triple agent. Intelligence experts scoff at this argument on the ground that the KGB would never trust a turncoat agent with any Soviet secrets. Another theory is that rehiring Barnett was simply an administrative goof. When it was discovered, officials decided that the best strategy was to play for time until it was decided how to handle his case with the least amount of damaging publicity. Whatever the truth, the Justice Department promises to shed at least some light...
...candidates' physicians contend, probably correctly, that they have released all "significant" material. Some observers-including Dr. Roglieri-say they would like to see Presidents and candidates for the presidency submit to checkups by an independent panel of physicians, and the full results made public. It would be hard to choose, or certify, such a panel. Nor can there even be any real guarantee of future good health. After all, which American has not heard of someone who, a few days after his or her annual checkup, suffered a heart attack...