Word: less
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...swimming." Adds Robby Naish of Hawaii, who last year won a world championship: "The reason I became such a good windsurfer is that I liked falling in the water." A certain amount of upper-body strength is needed to hold the sail aloft, but more experienced wind-surfers are less dependent on muscle power, having learned to use their bodies for leverage. With practice one can reach speeds of 30 m.p.h. Speeds vary according to the weight of the rider: heavier sailors fare better in strong winds, lighter ones in soft breezes...
...crisis brought on by the exasperating gasoline lines gave the President the chance to win bold action on long-range plans. That sense of crisis is ebbing rapidly, and gasoline lines are shortening drastically as a result of Saudi Arabia's decision to increase crude production. The less the feeling of urgency, the greater the opportunity for quarreling special interest groups to pick the program apart...
...Less secrecy...
...Cyprus flag and owned by a shadowy Liechtenstein-based company, possibly with Japanese interests, the pirate whaler ignores all whaling agreements, hunts indiscriminately and makes its kills in a particularly cruel way: instead of the explosive-tipped harpoons used by most whalers, it employs the unarmed type. These do less damage to whale meat but only prolong the agony of the great mammals, often attracting other whales who, in trying to help their beleaguered brethren, are themselves caught. Last week, in a dramatic reversal, the hunter suddenly became the prey...
...guard against any unwitting influences on the patients or themselves, the doctors did not know which "drug" was being used in any particular case until the end of the test. In the first phase of the experiment, patients who had received placebos experienced less pain than those in the naloxone group. But when the experiment was continued, patients initially in the placebo group but now getting the blocker experienced an increase in pain. In other words, the placebo response diminished. Levine's explanation: somehow placebos apparently activate a body pain-relieving system that relies on endorphin. Says he: "Placebos...