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BOOM is a word that forecasters hesitate to use because it suggests-besides the delights of prosperity-a period of heated excess that sometimes leads to bust. But as they contemplate the prospects for the U.S. economy in 1973, the prophets are hard put to find any descriptive other than boom for what they foresee. The outlook is for a second straight year of strong growth in jobs, income, production, sales, profits-so much so that one of the prognosticators' problems is keeping their predictions optimistic enough. Lately they have had to add a few billion dollars to their...
...NASA technicians frantically traced the source of the trouble, rumors swept the cape that there had been an explosion in the first stage of the rocket. Actually, NASA explained later, the early burst of flame had been a burn-off of excess fuel: the pumps had continued to run briefly after the shutdown. The real problem, it turned out, was a defect in the Terminal Countdown Sequencer, which supervises the complex operations in the last minutes before a launch...
Other vitamins can actually be harmful. Vitamin A can be dangerous if taken in excess. Overdoses of vitamin D can produce demineralization of bone, resulting in multiple fractures after minimal trauma. Though lack of vitamins may cause health problems, the pills are not-and should not be-regarded as panaceas. "People," says Philip White, an American Medical Association nutrition expert, "have been led to believe that positive health benefits will occur: super vitality, great endurance, freedom from illness, resistance to infection. Supposedly these benefits result from supplementing an already adequate diet. They cannot...
...LOVER'S DIET, devised by Dr. Abraham Friedman, at least sounds like fun. He urges the overweight to "reach for a mate instead of a plate," and exercise off their excess weight through intercourse. But unless they follow Friedman's low-fat and low-carbohydrate diet as well, they are unlikely to shed many pounds. A single act of intercourse, according to Friedman, burns an average of only 200 calories...
...Service, which sent an agent to the Tester plant. The IRS issued a notice of violation to Tester for clearly exceeding the 2.5% price increase guideline. Last week the Cost of Living Council announced that the Justice Department has filed a suit charging Testor with unlawfully collecting revenues in excess of $150,000. The suit also complained that Testor had hiked the price of its spray paint by 14% and recommended that a federal court order the company to reduce its prices enough to allow customers a saving equivalent to the alleged illegal revenues...