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Perhaps another 2 trillion bbl. of oil is thought to lie in the great deposits of goo known as tar sands, much of which are in Canada. At present world prices, they are on the verge of becoming economical to develop. Two plants are already extracting oil from tar sands in Alberta's Athabasca fields, and Shell Canada plans to spend $4 billion for a third plant, which will start producing in the early 1980s...
...There was no discrepancy between the desire of American Jews to support Israel and the desire of all Americans to do the same" in the 1950s and 1960s, Handlin said. But as self-interest has become the basis for U.S. foreign policy, he said, a clash might develop between the interests of a group, like American Jews, and the national self-interest...
...becomes almost impossible to develop involvement in, much less prepare for, any life outside the sealed box of rehearsal hall and stage, and this breeds an almost unbearable amount of tension. The physical and psychological stress-the two are not necessarily distinguishable-can be overwhelming. As one dancer remarks to Mazo, "I doubt that anyone can stay in this place and be healthy...
Hale's main purpose was to try to study the motives and develop descriptive categories of the unchurched. The results, just published in a 99-page booklet, are impressionistic but provocative. The tiniest group identified is what Hale calls the True Unbelievers-agnostics, humanists and atheists-most of whom turn out to be only latent unbelievers who often express a certain longing for faith. By far the largest group is the Publicans, named after Jesus' story in Luke 18 about the prayers of the Pharisee and the Publican. Whether they themselves are humble or self-righteous, Hale...
...difficulty members have faced in attempting to examine the budget highlights a broader problem CHUL members face: the shortage of time students have to develop an expertise on the issues. Most CHUL representatives are elected in their junior years, taking office at the beginning of the spring semester. Thus, with few exceptions, CHUL members do not serve for more than one year. The experience and knowledge they develop is lost, and new members must begin again to learn the ropes. This situation gives the administration a sharp advantage in discussions, many student members say. "The administrators deal with these questions...