Word: l
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dawn of the nuclear age, Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Lewis L. Strauss predicted in 1954 that atomic fission would produce electricity so abundantly and cheaply that it would not have to be metered: the American people could just pay a low monthly charge and use as much as they wished. That naive optimism has long since vanished in the wake of zooming construction costs, endless delays in getting plants built and growing public opposition. In 22 years of commercial operation, nuclear power has won only a modest role in the nation's total energy picture. Now, in the shock...
...there was also a true eloquence in their short pleas. Carter had not finished writing his text until a few minutes before the ceremony. His son Jack, who had come up from Georgia the night before, had brought part of an essay on peace by the Rev. Walker L. Knight of Atlanta. The President was so taken with the thoughts that he melded them into his speech ("Peace, like war, is waged"), and then touched off a desperate effort to track down the Rev. Mr. Knight to get his approval. The pastor was delighted. Carter will never be a stirring...
...Sherman L. Holcombe, a union shop steward and advocate for the rights of Harvard dining hall employees, died last night as the result of injuries sustained in an auto accident in Harvard Square March...
...Diego 4, L...
...Bingham, Kelley, Santos-Buch, Wark. DP--Harvard 1, UMass 3. LOB--Harvard 15, UMass 5. 2B--Bingham, Skribiski. SAC--Peccerillo, Stockely. Pitching IP H R ER BB SO Keyte (L, 0-2) 8 5 4 0 3 8 Brown (w) 9 8 1 1 9 10 PB--Kraham...