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...needle-nosed, liquid-propelled rocket-known in the West as the CSS-X-4, for China surface-to-surface experimental No. 4-is relatively crude. But it showed that China intends to allocate scarce resources to hold its own in what it calls "a world in great turmoil." Said Vice Premier Li Xiannian: "Our tests are aimed at strengthening China's defense against the hegemonist powers...
...auto-buying public's splurge on big cars was encouraged by the Federal Government's ill-conceived energy policy. Because of a complicated pricing system in which cheaper domestic oil holds down the cost of imported crude, the U.S. driver was enjoying Government-subsidized fuel. Between 1974 and 1978, gasoline prices actually declined 5% in real terms. With no lines at the pump and relatively inexpensive gas, people had no real incentive to buy small cars. Says Transportation Secretary Neil Goldschmidt: "There was an opportunity that was missed in 1973-74 at the time of the embargo...
...regular, vs. 77? last year -and sure to go up again soon. Prices now range from $1.14 in San Antonio to $1.27 in Chicago. Deputy Energy Secretary John Sawhill said last week that gasoline prices would soon increase up to 8? per gal., owing to decontrol of domestic crude oil prices and further OPEC rises. In a recent Gallup poll, 87% of those surveyed said that higher prices had pushed them to reform their driving habits. Even in autoerotic Los Angeles, the number of car pool applications received by the state transportation department has quadrupled. Drivers along the Santa Monica...
...most sat by campfires, protest organizers erected a narrow bridge across a pond near their campsite, a bridge essential for the next day's march toward the fence. Police arrive at 8 a.m. sharp to take it down, a crew of 30 watching while two cops pull apart the crude span. And no sooner do they march away through the woods than a few of the protesters, out for an early morning walk, lay planks back across the trickle of brackish water and cross--their goal to collect as many "No Trespassing" signs as possible. Before long the police return...
Before crossing the deserts, Arabs centuries ago performed a curious rite. Using narrow tubes, they inserted pebbles into the wombs of their camels to keep the animals from becoming pregnant during the long journeys. That crude but successful measure may have been the first intrauterine device (I.U.D.), a contraceptive now employed by some 50 million women round the world, including about 2 million in the U.S. Yet, as effective as the I.U.D. is, preventing pregnancy for years at a time with no special effort by the woman, it has lately become a center of controversy. Some patients and physicians believe...