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...electricity of the future? Are nuclear power, fusion and fission going to have a role in the next 20 years? And what should the government be spending to foster such research? These questions of supply, though hard to answer now, could have been more adroitly presented since in all likelihood they will have to be faced...
...Action conference in 1976. He won the admiration of the liberal clergy by helping to organize the event. But when delegates attacked papal teachings regarding birth control, celibacy and women priests, Bernardin managed to preserve good relations with conservatives in the Vatican. He had warned them about the likelihood of dissent by the delegates, and steadfastly maintained his support of church policy...
...dieters who hoard and carry on, they face no penalties other than those their colons may mete out to them. While no suspicion of permanent damage has been raised, there is little likelihood of permanent weight loss either: eating habits are not changed and indeed may get worse for those who figure the starch blocker will handle that extra slice of pizza. Beila Simon Kunis, a dietitian in Chicago, opposes the pills, but concedes that occasionally, "I will say 'O.K., try it.' Some people are very sensitive to it, and some are not. We're all looking...
...well-connected local lawyer put it, "feel deep bitterness at the deception." That, in turn, raises the specter of instability in Mexico, a matter of major concern to the U.S. Talk of a military coup is circulating on the dinner-party circuit in Mexico City. There is little likelihood of such a thing: the Mexican military has stayed removed from civilian affairs for half a century. The army is far more disturbed about the insurrectional possibilities along Mexico's southern border with strife-torn Guatemala, where guerrillas are believed to be taking refuge...
Though Reagan Administration critics quickly attacked the new rules as too lenient to Big Business, there seems little likelihood that the regulations will unleash a new wave of Wall Street merger mania. They actually just put down in a more formal fashion the policy followed by the Reagan Administration during the past year and a half...