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...science nut or want to be reminded that you are in an coastal state, try either the Museum of Science (Science Park) or the Aquariam(Central Wharf). At the museum, don't miss the electricity show with world's largest Van de Graffe generator to make hair stand on end. There are a whole lot of other neat exhibits on everything from the space program to wave mechanics and blood pressure. The Aquariam boasts a huge, four-story-high fish tank with sharks, sea turtles, moray eels, tarpons, spotted eagle rays, and other fun sea creatures. Even if you decide...
...dozen other jurisdictions also condemned Reynolds' course of action. And the N.A.A.C.P. filed its own suit last week to block department interference with the 50 affirmative action programs. It has scheduled a demonstration at Justice this Tuesday to protest Administration civil rights policies. Reynolds "is a right-wing, ideological nut in my judgment," says N.A.A.C.P. Executive Director Benjamin Hooks...
...short speech, dissociating himself from his soloist's unorthodox view of the piece. At his Cleveland Orchestra debut in 1957, he tangled with the irascible maestro George Szell over his use of the soft pedal in a Beethoven concerto; Szell never performed with him after that, but saluted: "That nut's a genius...
...Philadelphia. It was founded, in fact, on Sept. 17, 1884, right there in Philadelphia. To mark the occasion, the AKC put together the largest dog show ever held in North America. It brought more than 8,000 dogs to the Philadelphia Civic Center. Security was tighter than a rusted nut. Tighter than it had been a month before during the vice-presidential debate in the same spot, according to a visitor who attended both...
...Reagan's understudy, Bush has swung back to the right. "I'm a conservative," he says, "but I'm not a nut about it." During the campaign he was an indiscriminate cheerleader for his boss. As Bush said last week, "I am for Mr. Reagan-blindly." He became irritated whenever reporters suggested that he and Reagan were in disagreement. An effective fund raiser (since becoming Vice President, his personal and mail appeals have brought the G.O.P. some $42.6 million), Bush appeared in 32 states in the past two months...