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...Washington, the initials D.C, stand for Disco Capital, say the night stalkers. The most opulent place in town is Pisces, where the decor runs to old R.K.O. set designs, 1,000-gal. shark-filled aquariums, 18-ft. laser-lit cascades and tropical flora. Members include Liz Taylor, Gregory Peck and Alejandro Orfila, secretary-general of the Organization of American States, who last October auctioned off three rare 24-in.-high falabella ponies on the dance floor. The newest In place is The Apple Tree. The interior resembles a cross between a carpenter's loft and a berserk florist...
...scheme to impose heavy taxes on large "gas-guzzling" cars and redefined guzzlers as cars that get 15 m.p.g., v. 18 m.p.g. as in the Administration's plan. Most severely, it rejected the Administration's unpopular attempt to raise federal gasoline taxes as much as 50? per gal. during the next 10 years. At week's end Carter accused Congress of bowing to oil and auto lobbies, and said citizens would suffer because of "the special-interest victories...
...capital, does not seem beleaguered. Now a city of 7 million, it was 1.5 million in 1950. Its streets are clogged by construction work. traffic jams and other symbols of its emerging prosperity. Traffic is so bad, in fact, that the government has taxed gas up to $1.65 per gal. and has put a 33% tax on new cars. Can a city with this kind of problem really be worried about military matters? It can; North Korea's forces along the 38th parallel are only 30 miles away...
...form a helium nucleus and release energy in the form of a high-velocity neutron. Both isotopes are easily obtained. Each gallon of sea water contains one-eighth gram (.004 oz.) of deuterium, which can be converted into the energy equivalent of more than 1,100 liters (300 gal.) of gasoline. Tritium does not exist freely in nature but can be produced by bombarding lithium (which can be extracted in large quantities from rocks or sea water) with neutrons...
...enough money to buy feed grain. He normally rotates livestock from one pasture to another as grass is consumed, but this year none of the grazing land on his 20,000-acre Lake County spread is adequate. To get water to his cattle (each cow needs about 15 gal. a day), Lynch has it hauled in from 50 to 100 miles away...