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...cousins' incestuous behavior flourishes, two of the cousins make off across the plains with the family gold. A year goes by in the park within that one larger day. The thistles go to seed and the cousins survive by staying huddled closed to the ground, according to native custom. Then the adults return, having passed a day in the country, and learn with horror that time has warped while they were away. Afraid of what might have happened in their house, they flee to the capital city and begin to arrange a sale of their gold mine. Eventually they return...
...most obvious was poor management of plants under construction. Industry analysts agree that all too many nuclear projects have been badly conceived, poorly designed and inadequately controlled. Each U.S. nuclear plant is in effect a custom-made affair. The industry has failed to follow the lead of such countries as France and Canada, which have adopted standardized reactor designs. Such blueprints would allow modifications made on one plant to be copied at others in the series. Each American plant must now be checked out individually, and the lessons learned from operating one are difficult to apply to others. The construction...
Suburbia piles into the latest hot ticket from Detroit Visitors to the annual auto show at New York City's Coliseum last week gazed with longing at expensive sports cars and custom-stretched limousines. But a real hit of the extravaganza was the new minivans that are now rushing onto American highways. At the Chrysler display, people bounced up and down in the driver's seat and clambered around the interior. Said Edward Thomas from Matawan, N.J., a prospective purchaser: "It's a very practical vehicle and more fashionable than a regular-size van." Car buyers around...
With the advent of the hippie generation in the late 60's and the admission of men to the co-ops in 1971, the rather prim, homemaker atmosphere was radically changed. Instead of lambchops and steaks, the menu changed to vegetarian dishes. The custom of serving after-dinner coffee in the living room was forgotten, and the "beau room" became the coed TV room. Today, the only remnant of the co-ops' single-sex era is a "men" sign on the first-floor bathroom...
...Rivera has been blowing his horn since the age of five, when his father gave him a custom-made soprano sax. He played with a Cuban symphony orchestra at the age of eleven and made his first trip to New York when he was twelve. By then, he had already plunged into the swift currents of bop by listening hard to Charlie Parker records his father had bought...