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...earned with work, and 62% said work should have a higher priority than leisure. Only 15% admitted going to a bar or nightclub once or twice a week. Seven out of ten said hardly any of their free time is wasted, and six of ten said excess time is best spent when it focuses on goals. Said Social Scientist John Pollock, who supervised the study: "Our flinty Puritan heritage has its hooks in the present...
...their customers. As a result, by last week prices on the unregulated spot market had dropped to $29 per bbl., down from an alltime high of $42 two years ago. Meanwhile, a worldwide glut of oil has developed, swelling to more than 4 million bbl. per day in excess of demand...
...artificial heart, far from proving a liability, considerably aided doctors in correcting the kidney problem. By adjusting dials on the support equipment, the physicians were able to increase the flow of blood through the kidneys, flushing out waste products and fluid. Similar adjustments also helped clear the lungs of excess fluid. Says Peterson: "The heart has helped us diagnostically and therapeutically...
...flawless standard for partnering a ballerina. If the aggressive vigor of Edward Villella and Jacques d'Amboise made classical dance an attractive pursuit for men, Martins has taken that style and said, in effect, "Relax." He never inflates a movement, never accelerates into showy riffs of excess energy...
...With summer smashes like E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial ($290 million) and An Officer and a Gentleman ($91 million) still going strong, studio bosses may have been reluctant to introduce new products. They may also be wary of making too many movies, what with the average budget today running in excess of $10 million. Says Producer Irwin Winkler: "In 1976 I made Rocky for $ 1 million. Today, even if the actors' salaries were the same, it would cost $6 million to $7 million to make that picture. So there are significantly fewer films being made...