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Social Center. Reports Los Angeles Scriptwriter Bill Cannon: "I like it because it conforms to the body and it goes gush, gush when you go gush, gush." Dr. HIPpocrates, the counterculture's answer to the syndicated Dr. Walter C. Alvarez, quotes his secretary as saying: "I recommend it for women who have trouble having orgasms." Some owners, like Divorcee Linda Butler, 22, of Concord, Calif., find that the bed becomes a somewhat more general social center: "Everyone who visits me wants to see it, and we end up staying there for dinner and drinks. I do more entertaining there...
Salable Reform. The key question of how much fuel the Government plans to put into the economy is linked to both the unemployment problem and Nixon's political stance. No matter how conciliatory a stance Nixon takes toward the liberals, he does not envision any new gush of spending for social programs. Rather, Nixon intends to renew his emphasis on reforming the federal role to make Washington's impact more effective...
...heat to raise by 20° the total volume of water which runs over the surface of the U.S. in a year." The devastating effect of that hot water on man and nature, the scientists did not bother to describe. But half those plants (running on conventional fuels) would gush 8.75 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year-enough to change the globe's climate. The other half (nuclear powered) would increase the level of background radiation by as much as 2% a year-enough to have "unforeseeable effects on the world's living things...
...started a federal crackdown on the cause-a cluster of twelve offshore oil wells belonging to Chevron Oil Co. A month ago they caught fire. The blaze was snuffed out last week. But as high seas prevented capping the wells, thousands of barrels of brown crude oil started to gush into the water, posing a threat to the Louisiana coast's wildlife refuges and rich oyster beds. Fortunately the slicks blew out to sea, but Hickel said that the Interior Department will hold Chevron liable for any necessary cleanup. In addition, the Government may sue the company...
...fellowship from the French government to study in the United States. Admitting that "I was pretty much a radical at that time," he became fascinated with American trade unions and toured the country interviewing hundreds of workers. Extremely critical of what he saw, he let his criticism soon gush its way into print...