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...dour, strong-willed Basques-"the alkaloid of the Spaniard," Philosopher Miguel de Unamuno called them -fret that hard work and efficiency have not brought them the recognition and cultural elbowroom that they feel they deserve in a still-autocratic society. In France, which enjoys Western Europe's fastest-growing economy, young Bretons in search of a job and a future still gravitate to Paris. There they gather nightly, like so many expatriates, in the bars around Montparnasse to raise their glasses to a murmured Breiz atao-Brittany forever, in the harsh Celtic tongue of their impoverished home province...
...help may be at hand. After five years of effort, IBM's research labs have developed an electronic switching device that can be turned on and off in less than ten trillionths of a second -more than 100 times faster than the fastest transistor used in computers. What is more, IBM's development requires only about one ten-thousandth of the power necessary to run these transistors; it gives off only a tiny fraction of the heat they radiate. And it is transistor heat as much as switching time that limits a computer's skills. For when...
Finding the fastest line through the warmed over soft snow, was longtime U.S. National Team and shortime University of Vermont star Bobby Cochran. As well as salvaging some pride after falling behind in Thursday's slalom. Cochran led UVM skiers to a close second place team finish in the downhill...
Most important, the subsidies have not been doing their job of late. Current farm supplies are substantially below demand-an imbalance that is forcing up food prices at their fastest rate in a quarter century. Wholesale prices of meat, produce and other farm goods rose a disturbing 2.9% in January, having already vaulted by more than 5% in December. The total increase for both months topped a 26-year record for food inflation in so short a period. These increases soon will be passed on to the consumer...
...Akabane should be the player to watch," Perla Hewes, Radcliffe squash coach said last night. "She's the fastest rising squash star in the country...