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...fact, several better designs already exist, all of them much less susceptible to disaster than the conventional light-water reactors currently in use in the U.S. But according to M.I.T. Nuclear Engineer Lawrence Lidsky, a consultant on the NRC study, only one of these is truly disaster-proof: the modular high-temperature gas reactor, a prototype of which has already successfully been tested in West Germany. If anything goes wrong, says Lidsky, the MHTGR simply cools down, without releasing any radiation. "It eliminates the accident of greatest concern," agrees Alan Crane, senior associate at the Office of Technology Assessment...
...Harvard in large part to get an education. It's fair to say that universities exist because society needs individuals with open minds, creative spirits and most important, a hatred of apathy. But the classrom doesn't necessarily teach these values; in fact, it often does harm by separating people from the issues of concern of the day. A true liberal education comes from participating in the life of a community...
Time-saving products and services exist all over the world, but America has a special talent for inventing ones for which the necessity had previously gone unrecognized. The birth of McDonald's in 1955 gave rise to a fast-food industry that serves 45.8 million people in the U.S. a day. The sluggishness of the Postal Service in the 1970s helped spawn a whole new industry: overnight delivery. Federal Express, started by former Marine Corps Pilot Frederick Smith in 1973, ships nearly 12 million packages a month...
...Reagan Administration and the moderate Arabs are now generally both pessimistic and wary of each other. The U.S. resents the fact that many of them failed to rally behind King Hussein or even accept the minimum requirement that they acknowledge Israel's right to exist. The Saudis have repeatedly irritated the U.S. by refusing to use their clout when it was most needed, whether to restrain Syrian excesses or pressure Arafat into coming to terms with Jordan. Though they have their own grievances against Muammar Gaddafi, most moderates joined the chorus of denunciation against the U.S. raid on Libyan targets...
William Capobianco's one-man financial consulting firm in Eastchester, N.Y., would not exist without services such as CompuServe, Dow Jones and the Source. By plugging into these far-flung communication systems, Capobianco can advertise his company across the U.S., chat with clients, make travel plans and keep up with current affairs. Says he: "I couldn't survive without the networks...