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Eugene Birnbaum, a former official of the International Monetary Fund, argues that the Government must "lick inflation first." Then the gold standard would provide the needed "discipline for politicians and bureaucrats" to maintain stable prices. He and other gold advocates believe that without such a system, governments will always fall to the temptation of inflating their currencies rather than taking prudent anti-inflation steps...
...behind the dog. "They recognize him as a security blanket," says Zoologist Jack McGrew of Colorado State University, where Komondors have been tested for three years. Ewes in labor sometimes seek out the protection of the dog. Usually this trust is more than reciprocated. Dogs have been known to lick the newborn lambs and even cuddle them through the night to protect them from the cold...
...Angeles Dodgers, National League West. Tied with the Houston Astros at the end of the 162-game regular season, Los Angeles lost the title in a one-game playoff, then went home to lick its wounds-literally. "Our clubhouse looked like a hospital ward at the end of the season," recalls First Baseman Steve Garvey. "On that final day against Houston, there were only two players in the lineup who had started on opening...
...observations came from the 120-in. reflector at the University of California's Lick Observatory, enhanced by computer technology. To study such extremely faint objects, astronomers had to focus their light onto a photo-imaging tube akin to the night-vision devices used by the military in Viet Nam. This electronic gadgetry strengthens the signals and then stores them as electronic data in a computer, while it subtracts any disturbing background glare. Eventually the astronomers accumulated enough light to produce spectra, or light signatures, for all four galaxies, but that took considerable doing. The image of just...
There's one man left of course, the scraggly mustachioed Rookie of the Year from French Lick, Ind., via Indiana State, at forward, please welcome Larry Bird. Crowd roar. This is the man who will revolutionize hoop by taking it back to its roots, reminding people of the beauty of a well thrown pass, making them recall that a 15-footer is more valuable than a Lloyd Free throw...