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...protestors wandered in from blocking traffic on Route One and the cameras whirred. "Form two wedges," came the command, and the marching step turned into a curious shuffling advance, as the boots came closer and the cries of "Hup, Hup, Hup," meant to intimidate us (they worked) rose to fever pitch. The troops drew up to the first row, hesitating for an instant that was an eternity, and suddenly they were upon us, stomping and shoving and kicking and dragging demonstrators. In a moment the dust cleared and the road was theirs once more...
Even while the conferees were acting, foreign oil producers were once again showing the U.S. just how vulnerable it is to the pricing whims of the 13-nation OPEC cartel. After a four-month calm, price-raise fever broke out anew among cartel members, as one nation after another began tacking $1 and $2 premiums to the cost of various grades of crude...
...Naples 19 people die in a cholera epidemic caused by eating contaminated mussels. In Istanbul fishermen complain that their catch diminishes with every voyage. In Spain an outbreak of typhoid fever in a coastal town sends 20 people to the hospital. And along France's famous Côte d'Azur black pollution flags and even police lines keep bathers off beaches...
...reached epidemic proportions among women, and studies indicate that users of I.U.D.s seem from two to seven times more susceptible to such problems than women who do not employ them. This is a special concern for those who have never been pregnant. The warning signals include abdominal pain, fever, severe menstrual cramps, abnormal bleeding and vaginal discharges. Left unchecked, such infections can scar and block the fallopian tubes, where the union of egg and sperm takes place, and sometimes lead to a hysterectomy. The I.U.D., when it fails, has also been suspected of causing ectopic pregnancies, in which the fetus...
...status quo. Hall says he wants to give more significance to his compositions. Although it won't be an easy task, he wants to write "sacred songs" which will "live on." One can easily see to whom Hall directs his anger, since profound and meaningful songs such as "Night Fever" and "Boogie Oogie Oogie" were racing up the charts when Hall made the album...