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...great Greek scientist Archimedes, the study of mathematics and physics meant far more than pure scholarship. Imaginative application of the laws he worked out led to eminently practical inventions-from contrivances employing the lever to an ingenious steam-powered cannon. Perhaps his most remarkable contribution to weaponry, according to Lucian, Plutarch and other ancient writers, was a "burning glass" that focused the sun's rays to set fire to Roman ships besieging his home town of Syracuse around 214 B.C. Exactly how Archimedes managed this spectacular use of solar power has long been the subject of scholarly debate. Many...
...before Congress, but it is having tough going. Reason: it would hit consumers with higher prices, and congressional opponents argue that it would bring a windfall to producers and pipeline companies. Still, the Federal Power Commission will have to permit higher prices while preserving some regulation as a lever...
Equally important, Hanrahan so angered black Chicagoans--most of whom had always voted straight Democratic--that they split their tickets last year. The Daley machine depends on unthinking voters who pull the lever for the straight ticket; Hanrahan taught the voters to think. Few acts could hurt Mayor Daley more...
...fairness as a serious problem and the production of a prime-time TV special intending to show how commentators can slant news through raised eyebrows. A memo to Magruder from Haldeman's chief assistant, Lawrence Higby, defined the Administration's interest in the Huntley case as a lever against all TV news broadcasting: "The point behind this whole thing is that we don't care about Huntley-he is going to leave anyway. What we are trying to do is to tear down the institution...
...times its former rental. In addition to leaving less available family units in Cambridge, it floats up "property values" and hence increases tax rates for owners of single or two-family dwellings. Rising property values and survival wage demands have forced traditional Cambridge employers (Simplex Wire, Lever Bros. etc.) to leave the city, eliminating most of the unskilled and semi-skilled job market, and commuting costs to the budget of local working people. Harvard has become by far Cambridge's largest employer, adding to the conflict of interest in local politics. The bulk of new jobs in the city...