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...Frigid Sorties. North relies on read-outs from on-board computers and the advice of two additional helmsmen -one for upwind legs, another for downwind-in devising racing strategy. Says North: "I do things more by what seems to be right by testing and not by how it feels. I'm an analytical sailor." But his restlessness on board and his penchant for consulting everyone on tactical decisions rattled his sailors. Enterprise Crewman Andy MacGowan explains: "The problem with North's style is that things happen so fast in a race. You haven't got the luxury...
...considerable knowledge and skill were poured into the lovely rake of his boat's hull and the complex curves of her sails. But Independence has been a lackluster performer, winning only seven races while losing 13, despite a full year of sea trials, including frigid sorties in the dead of a most bitter winter...
...been a poor year for pessimism. Their outlook chilled by the frigid winter's possible impact on the recovery, many economists scaled down their growth forecasts for the year's first quarter. What happened? Business expanded at a robust rate. In the second quarter, when President Carter dropped his $50 tax rebate stimulus proposal, some seers again lowered their sights-and again were proved wrong. Last week the Commerce Department reported that in the three months ending in June, the nation's real gross national product grew at a healthy annual rate of 6.4%. That compares favorably...
Energy in limitless supply from a universally available fuel. Energy created by a process that is relatively harmless to the environment and leaves behind no byproduct that can be converted into dangerous weapons. To a world facing the long, frigid night of fuel shortages, it seems like a glorious dream. That dream may be somewhat closer to reality than most people realize. In laboratories in the U.S., the Soviet Union, Western Europe and Japan, scientists are involved in a spirited competition to become the first to achieve one of the most important-and difficult-goals ever sought...
...cheaper spread"). Pitchers in the American League no longer take their cuts at the plate; some thing called a designated hitter does that for them. Thanks to the delay of league play-offs and the lure of prime-time TV ratings, World Series games are regularly played on frigid October evenings. Last fall in Cincinnati, Angell notes, "the wretched, blanket-wrapped, huddled masses in the stands flumped their mittened paws together in feeble supplication, pleading now for almost any result that would send them home...