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...island is dominated by The Hills and The Quill, volcanic cones, now extinct. Climbing to the peak of The Quill (1,800 ft.) with a verdant rain forest in its crater is a not too strenuous 80-min. hike. An old Dutch command post, Fort Oranjestad, built on French foundations in 1636, is a neat little 16-cannon salute to colonial glories. This and several other of the island's 17 original forts are on a walking tour laid out by Statia's energetic historical foundation. One of the best beaches is on Tumble Down Dick Bay, apparently...
...uses the pizazz of commercial TV to teach preschoolers their ABCs. In a new educational TV series that begins this week on most of the 282 U.S. public television stations, CTW now applies its zingy production style to a more complex and elusive subject: science. The series of 30-min. shows, with the space-age title 3-2-1 Contact, provides glimpses of everything from leaping lizards and killer whales to computers that talk and roller coasters that whip their riders upside down...
...water to champagne? That's why the midnight stroke of 1980 was also the signal for 1,648 runners to sprint away on an 8-km race through New York City's Central Park. Not surprisingly, the leader who cut the floodlit tape in 23 min. IS sec. was Speedster Bill Rodgers, who has won his home town's Boston Marathon three times and the five-borough New York Marathon four. Said he: "If you've got 1,600 people running with you, it's a real good time...
...being tested is a benzodiazepine compound called Midazolam; it induces deep sleep for short periods (90 min. at most) and might be an alternative to general anesthesia in surgery. Another drug, called only No. 5057, could improve memory and other mental functions by allowing more oxygen to reach brain cells. Roche Researcher Willy Haefely says this could help retard senility "or sharpen the mind of an executive suffering from a hangover." He concedes that "unfortunately, we will never be able to produce geniuses with drugs." But if Roche can develop another winner like Valium, it might ease much...
Feelings grew so hot that Kissinger and Secretary of State Vance met on Monday last week for an extraordinary 70-min. conversation. Both men got their grievances off their chests-Vance complaining that Kissinger was gratuitously running down the Administration and Kissinger accusing the White House of unfairly impugning his character. The two men struck a truce: the Administration would stop criticizing Kissinger to newsmen, and Kissinger would tell his side of the story, once...