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America's fascination with the far-out fringes of scientific theory has been amply demonstrated by the phenomenal success of books ranging from Chariots of the Gods?, which contends that the earth was visited by superintelligent extraterrestrial beings in prehistoric times, to The Secret Life of Plants, which argues that plants think, are capable of extrasensory perception, and even possess souls. Now another such literary endeavor has made its way onto the bestseller lists: The Bermuda Triangle (Doubleday; $7.95) by Charles Berlitz, grandson of the language-school founder. Like its predecessors, Triangle takes off from established facts, then proceeds...
When stripped of suppositions and far-out conspiracy theories, the controversy turns on several apparent inconsistencies in eyewitness testimony and ballistics evidence...
Garrulous and profane, an almost compulsive talker, Strauss is a throwback to the era of the smoke-filled rooms. At a time when the far-out liberals and the deep-dyed conservatives threaten to pull the Democrats apart, Strauss is the great compromiser who is dedicated to strengthening the center, which he defines as the "progressive middle" of the party. The job is ticklish, but Strauss points out: "A poor Jewish kid from West Texas learns early how to survive...
Currently the State Department is trial-ballooning a far-out idea to keep oil prices high for consumers in the U.S. and other major oil-importing nations, even if the cartel of oil-producing countries is broken and world prices drop. The proposal is to guarantee domestic producers a price around the present $10 or $11 per bbl. for new oil pumped out, guarantee equivalent prices to investors in new energy projects such as coal gasification(thus increasing domestic energy production), and perhaps place a variable tariff on imported oil so that it would still cost U.S. industry and consumers...
HART v. DOMINICK Politically, the Gary Hart who is running for the Senate in Colorado bears little resemblance to the Gary Hart who managed George McGovern's presidential campaign. Now that he is campaigning for office on his own, Hart, 36, has cautiously muted some of the more far-out positions that lost the election for Mc-Govern. "He's trying to be right of Attila the Hun," says the outraged, outmaneuvered conservative incumbent. Peter Dominick, 59, has tried to make an issue of the fact that Hart has only lived in Colorado for a short time. Dominick...