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Stauffer said that most of the problems of nuclear reactors--radioactive waste and leakage--have been solved and that the only other alternative is coal. He ruled out the exotic fuels, such as solar energy, tidal energy, and "burning water hyacinths," as being insignificant.
Adele's story also turns out to be one of Truffaut's most visually luscious films. Sometimes, Adele is beautiful, though more often she is too concerned with her emotions to care about her looks and her face is tearful and puffy. But the rest of the characters, and all...
Traditional metal-detecting devices sometimes fail to spot modern bombs, which often have nonmetallic, acid-filled starters. The new devices that experts are developing include X-ray detectors that can more accurately locate a bomb without seeing it, an electronic sniffer that picks up the vapors emitted by dynamite, and...
VOLCANO by Maurice and Katia Krafft. Introduction by Eugene Ionesco. 174 pages. Abrams. $35. Authors Maurice and Katia Krafft have spent most of their lives peering into craters reeking of sulfur smoke, standing on the edges of steaming fissures and dodging red rivers of molten lava. Now they celebrate those...
Unlike Parrish, several other students who were surveyed yesterday said they are planning to spend a more traditional and less exotic vacation at home this year.