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...help answer those questions, political scientist Michael Glantz of the National Center for Atmospheric Research has pioneered the use of a technique known as "forecasting by analogy" to predict the effects on society of future climatic change. In a series of case studies, Glantz and his colleagues analyzed the response of state and local governments to actual environmental events across the U.S., from a 12-ft. rise in the level of Utah's Great Salt Lake to the depletion of the aquifer that supplies groundwater to eight Great Plains states...
...Individual Medley: 1. Drew Van Winkle, Penn State, 3:59.44; 2. Joshua Glantz, Princeton, 4:00.95;3. Brian Donahue, Princeton, 4:01.64; 4. Jeffrey Peltier, HARVARD, 4:02.16; 10. John Pearson, HARVARD...
Experts differ on four-wheel steering's potential. Jerry Rivard, vice president of Bendix Electronics, a major auto supplier, calls it a "dramatic jump in technology" and predicts that it will be standard equipment on cars of the future. Ron Glantz, an auto analyst at Montgomery Securities, feels otherwise. "Other than parking," he says, "the only benefit is on gravel roads at speeds over 70 m.p.h." In Japan, where the technology was first marketed more than two years ago, car buyers seem favorably impressed. Nissan reports that 40% of the Japanese who pick the flashy Skyline model ask for four...
Experts are divided on the company's chances for a recovery. Says a skeptical Maryann Keller, who follows the auto industry for Furman Selz, a Manhattan investment firm: "AMC has a habit of coming out with cars that are popular for a year and then just die away." Ronald Glantz of Montgomery Securities in San Francisco offers more hope: "There's a pretty good chance that AMC can make money, but a lot of things have to come together...
Many industry analysts are skeptical that the arrival of one of Ford's better idea men can have much immediate impact. Says Ronald Glantz, a vice president of Paine Webber Mitchell Hutchins: "It takes three years under a crash program to design a new car. Whatever happens in '79, '80 and '81 will be due to the programs already in place." He adds: "The auto game in the '70s and the '80s will be fuel efficiency, space efficiency, ease of assembly-and none of those are Iacocca's strong points." But others disagree...