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...nuclear power plants are either in use or in various stages of planning or construction in the U.S. But almost all are conventional water-cooled reactors fueled by uranium 235, a rare isotope of uranium that is becoming increasingly difficult to mine and process economically. To avoid a uranium "crunch," President Nixon has ordered development by the 1980s of a new type of reactor called the fast-breeder, a name derived from its unique capability: during the chain reaction, surplus neutrons from the atoms of U-235 in its core bombard a surrounding blanket of U-238, a much more...
...should baseball, with its sluggish metabolism and lack of crunch, retain its hold on the national imagination? The answer lies partly in its seasonal associations. No one is immune to the vernal equinox. The same jump of the blood occurs on ghetto streets and Little League diamonds, in bleachers and in front of the TV screen. Baseball implies an earthly benignity: clear skies, vacations and, above all, no school...
...illusions, already shattered by the Kissinbundy War, endure another crunch. Who would have thought that this man of steel could be moved by the afflictions of mere mortals. But then, who are we to blame him? Can we force back the tears at the sight of good Republican citizens, some even millionaires, faced with humiliation and perhaps prison, all for a few boyish (if illegal) pranks...
...thus far plowed about $17 million into the privately held company, and more capital is now needed if the magazines and other divisions are to continue in their present form. SR Executive Editor Ronald P. Kriss says that there is a "cash-flow crisis." It is the second such crunch since last summer. Executive Committee Chairman Frederick S. Wyle, who represents the investors behind Veronis and Charney, confirmed last week that more funds are needed but denied the spate of rumors that one or more of the monthlies are about to fold. As part of a refinancing last fall, said...
...Crunch. The plane was to make a low sweep over the appointed area, then drop a sling for the Nationalist agent to jump into. But as soon as the aircraft made the pass, the Communists opened fire with machine guns, and the plane was forced down. The pilots were shot; Downey and Fecteau were captured. The date...