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...energy planners foresaw atomic plants supplying 40% of all U.S. electricity by the year 2000. Jimmy Carter's strategists can see no more than 25% (or less than 8% of total energy consumption), and there is much doubt that even that goal can be met. Thus the fastest increase in nuclear power that realistically can be expected would come nowhere near freeing the U.S. of its dangerous reliance on foreign...
Northeastern, which has one of the fastest growing crew programs in the nation, Brown, winners of the 1978 Head of the Charles, and Syracuse, victors at Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships, as well as Washington, rate as favorites in today's 2000-meter race...
Where is real estate climbing fastest in the U.S.? Try Aspen and neighboring Snowmass, Colo., the ski-and-sun resort area whose population of 17,000 swells to 35,000 when the snow is on the trails from Thanksgiving through mid-April. Six years ago, studio apartments in the Lichenhearth condominium complex sold for $30,000; today, these 675-sq.-ft. jewel boxes go for $175,000. Last year Jay Kuhne, a California real estate man, parted with $275,000 for his three-bedroom town house condo on the Aspen Club grounds; this year the unit is selling...
...more than a decade, the fastest thing about the fast-food industry has been its growth−in outlets, sales and profits. No area of the business has prospered more than the giant hamburger chains, dominated by McDonald's and its two smaller cook-alikes, Burger King and Wendy's. But lately, increasing costs and competition have taken some of the sizzle out of the chains. Says Wendy's Chairman R. David Thomas: "There's a big washout coming...
...with 2,500 outlets the second largest chain, plans to open about 350 new ones this year. Though Pillsbury does not report separate sales and profit figures for Burger King, analysts believe that the chain is expected to manage better than its rivals. A major reason: the chain was fastest in diversifying its menu. Besides hamburgers, it offered chicken, fish and ham-and-cheese sandwiches...