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...into port have usually fled at the appearance of Norwegian vessels, sometimes taking advantage of the thick fogs along the Arctic coast. Two weeks ago, however, the freighter Irtishles was apprehended near Vardo, and ordered into port. The ship's captain claimed engine failure and said that prevailing currents and winds had forced him into Norwegian waters. Unfortunately for the captain, both current and wind were going the other way. The Norwegians fined...
...City to four other cities. El Al will probably start flying to Los Angeles next April and later add Chicago, Miami and Boston. In November it intends to offer a no-frills, no-meals "holiday" class round trip between New York and Tel Aviv for $499, vs. the lowest current fare of $628. In July the line's only competitor on the route, TWA, began offering reduced fares, and it plans to match...
Cranmer called for a better assessment of the risks and suggested that more research be done. Otherwise, he said, because of "current toxicological ignorance, we might act needlessly in an effort to eliminate a given carcinogen which, if the methods of quantifying risk existed, could prove less significant than a lifetime exposure from a package of cigarettes...
...artificial stimulation of any kind required, either. Using drugs to get up for a concert is for Springsteen "like coming onstage on crutches." He will, however, listen to some good music before a show (Buddy Holly is a current favorite). "It's like an actor watching Brando in Waterfront before he does a scene," Springsteen says. "It just gives you a sense of what the possibilities are, where you can take them, and a sense there's a lot to live...
...trend coincides with a current journalistic emphasis, even in the respectables, on what is interesting, against what is important. (The important may make a comeback in news interest but at the moment lacks either the urgency of danger or the stimulus of hope.) Recognizing this shift, politicians constantly conduct polls about their image and resist too much identity with substance. So watch Jerry Brown proving how zealous he is at implementing the Proposition 13 he fought. Note Jimmy Carter, falling in the ratings but still registering high for likability...