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...ways we've just this summer made it possible to happen is by bringing back, from the planets and moons of outer space, viruses we can't defend against. But it will much more likely come from some little flaw we hardly notice in the intricately complex technology of our stranglingly large population. The gathering of conch shells...
...THAT FLAW in the exhibition is forgiveable since the entire show was assembled in 41/2 weeks-something of a record for a display of this sort. A less forgiveable oversight is the scarcity of background information both political and scientific, accompanying the rocks...
...flaw in Nixon's moves was one that has so far marked-and may come to plague-his Administration. It is his tendency to take cautious half-steps in the hope of appeasing critics who demand leaps, while avoiding angering those who insist that he stand fast. However laudable each small act, this course in the end satisfies no one and it leaves him open to the charge that he cares more about the illusion of action than about substantive change. Without any cooperation from Hanoi, it is difficult to see what else Nixon can do, short...
Four-channel sound, soon to be available only on prerecorded tape (and only from Vanguard Records) has rich though agonizing implications for the record industry. For years, enthusiasts have predicted that tape would replace records, pointing out that it wears longer and is almost impossible to scratch. Its major flaw-tape hiss-has finally been alleviated with the improvement of tape materials. The cartridge and cassette business is booming. Some seers now predict that the wonders of quadrisonic sound will provide a final push for tape against disks...
...flaw in style is compounded, in Barber's view, by a major character deficiency - Nixon's tendency to lapse into unguarded behavior after periods of great stress. Nixon himself as much as acknowledged the phenomenon in his Six Crises, and later went on to explode bitterly at the press following his 1962 California gubernatorial defeat. Barber even provides a scenario for a future situation brought on by Nixon's "crisis syndrome": the Administration is defeated on a key issue, Nixon losing face or power in the bargain; at a press conference, he is badgered about...