Word: lights
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Schlesinger falls silent, his glasses turned upward as a common egret, snowy in the bright light, floats over the shore. The glories of approaching fall along the Potomac seem to bring out an even greater awareness of danger in this singular man than he displayed in office...
When the New Bedford Gas & Edison Light Co. asked for permission to install energy-efficient amber streetlights on Cape Cod, Artist Eloise Barnhurst strenuously objected. At a public hearing in Falmouth, Mass., Barnhurst, who serves as a consultant on color to cosmetic companies and advertisers, warned that amber is a potentially explosive mixture of red and yellow. Said she: "Red is the color of sex, but yellow is a nerve energizer that keeps us awake...
Said Falmouth Selectman Eric Turkington: "There's some validity to what she says." To shed more light on the subject, another hearing will be held next week...
...When polarized light was passed through solutions of water and some of the amino acids, it was deflected to the right. "In all the '20 amino acids we know of on earth," says Ponnamperuma, "the polarized light turns to the left." But, he adds, "In all the pre-biotic experiments conducted in our laboratory, we got both lefthanded and righthanded amino acids." His conclusion: the amino acids are not due to terrestrial contamination, but to pre-life forms that evolved somewhere in space...
...liberal Democrats to be so optimistic about any candidate as they were with 'Jimmy Who?' in 1976; we would only be paving a road for dissatisfaction and eventual self-destruction. If we choose to support Kennedy for President in 1980, we must recognize his full political record, particularly in light of the broader constituency which the White House represents. Helene Sahadi York...