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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...decreased by more than 5%, the weapon would have to be designated as a "new type" of missile and be subject to a sharp limitation on deployment. (Some critics of SALT caution that the margin of error in measurement still makes it impossible to determine whether Soviet missiles exceed the size limits.) Missile takeoffs are monitored by ground bases to the west. With the closing of the two sites in Iran, the bases in Turkey are the nearest to the Soviet Union. The impact areas in the Pacific and on the U.S.S.R.'s Kamchatka Peninsula are watched...
...include raising the current average wage of $8 an hour by $1.14 over three years, increasing the COLA clause and pensions, giving a Christmas bonus to retirees and providing for retirement after 25 years on the job. All in all, said U.R.W. President Peter Bommarito, the package would "substantially exceed the wage and price guidelines...
...treated, for various sexual problems, 151 homosexuals, including 54 men and 13 women who wanted to convert or revert to heterosexuality. M & J do not list a success rate for such conversions, only a known failure rate. That failure rate is now at 35%, and is not expected to exceed 45% when all the five-year follow-ups are completed. For professional therapists, many of whom believe that such conversions are rare or impossible, this is likely to be the book's most surprising statistic. It would mean that a permanent, or at least longterm, switch to heterosexuality is possible...
Steven J. Drury '77, director of "Tommy," said yesterday he and Whitlock agreed the stage should not exceed the size of the stage for "The Misanthrope"--produced at Dudley House earlier this year...
...given year, the expenditures by the big oil companies in search of increased energy supplies may match or exceed profits. For example, the amount that Mobil spent last year to look for and develop new sources of gas and oil, $1.1 billion, was exactly equal to its after-tax earnings. The $3.5 billion that Exxon spent on developing new energy sources was well above its after-tax profits, which came to $2.7 billion. Of that sum, Exxon paid out about 55% in dividends to its 695,000 stockholders. They include not only a great number of small investors (no single...