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...shortly after that event, he felt the call to go back home to Virginia. While his wife and two children subsisted mainly on donated soybeans, he tried to raise enough capital to buy and equip a defunct TV station in Portsmouth that he hoped to turn into a Christian voice. His first attempt failed, but finally, through gifts and loans, Robertson launched the station, which he christened WYAH, for Yahweh. By 1961 he was on the air with one camera and a 2½-hour program of preaching and country hymns...
Most cases of hypothermia can be avoided if hikers will remember that even in the summer, storms and winds can come up quickly, and temperatures in the mountains can fall by as much as 30° in a matter of minutes. Thus they must eat well, dress and equip themselves for the worst weather possible. Hikers should also exercise their intelligence as well as their legs and turn back when weather conditions deteriorate. "One of the hardest things to learn," says Joel White of the Appalachian Mountain Club, "is how to turn around and come back." It is also...
...international trade in nonnuclear arms now tops $18 billion annually?up from a mere $300 million in 1952, and a jump of more than 550% since 1964.* Moreover, this represents only a fraction of total military expenditures: in 1973 the nations of the world spent $240 billion to train, equip and maintain their armed forces. Until a few years ago, nations usually
When the Shah talks about clashes these days, other nations sit up and take notice. Undeniably, Iran is becoming one of the world's major military powers. To equip his 160,000-man army, 40,000-man air force and 11,500-man navy, the Shah recently contracted for such imposingly modern weapons as 70 U.S. F-4 Phantom jets, 800 British Chieftain tanks and an assortment of destroyers, Hovercraft and troop-transport planes. In a deal that probably saved Long Island's Grumman Aircraft Corp. from bankruptcy, the Shah earlier this year ordered...
Room 13 is annually staffed with 30 student volunteers, who have tried to improve and publicize their services. Seminars with officials from various Boston organizations are held every two weeks, to equip staff members with information on topics ranging from venereal disease to legal aid. One of the student staffers has had special training in rape counseling...