Word: extractions
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cannot be Batman to every Robin in the world. Many's the time in an eight hour day that these words have sprung to my lips only to be choked down and replaced by classified rates, the whereabouts of ad copy, a plea to extract the fifteen cents for a paper...
...typewriterlike office terminal. Now computers are being put to even greater use by physicians seeking to plan treatment programs for their patients. Doctors at Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover, N.H., have programmed their Honeywell computer to sort through some 20,000 different radiation-treatment plans and extract the ten most suitable for a particular tumor patient...
...issue of free speech has become increasingly confused at Harvard in the last few weeks. I would like to extract what seem to me to be three clear principles...
...They also increase the worry on all sides that time is running out for Middle East diplomacy and that fighting between Egypt and Israel may break out again. The Egyptians have been on record for eight weeks as going along with Swedish Mediator Gunnar Jarring's effort to extract commitments by both sides (basically Egypt would recognize Israel and agree to a binding peace; Israel would commit itself to withdrawal from all occupied territory). Jerusalem, on the other hand, has steadfastly refused to agree to full withdrawal...
...long run, however, the U.S. will have to accept somewhat higher costs for energy. The recent Mideast and Venezuelan oil-price boosts indicate that foreign petroleum bargains will not last forever. Domestic oil prices, while high by world standards, still make it profitable to extract only about a third of the oil from each U.S. producing well; the rest is too difficult to reach at prevailing prices. If the uncertainty of foreign supply eventually makes it necessary to draw more oil from U.S. wells, higher prices or tax incentives would be needed to develop the necessary technology. As for natural...