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...water. During slack energy periods, electricity generated at other Con Ed plants would be used to pump water into the reservoir; during peak periods, this water would be released to generate electricity to meet the increased demand. Ironically, five kilowatts of energy produced elsewhere would be needed to obtain four kilowatts from the Storm King project...
...they would save approximately $1,000 in taxes if they could file as singles rather than as marrieds. With that, Mrs. McGrath fired off a wry letter to Ways and Means Committee Chairman Wilbur Mills, complaining that "the U.S. Congress has provided us with a strong economic incentive to obtain a divorce and thereafter to live more prosperously...
...studies may result from the psychological health-or distress -of the couples before vasectomy. In the unsuccessful cases the marriages were immature to begin with, Family Service reports. Both husbands and wives were dependent personality types who chose sterilization because it was easy, sure to work, simple to obtain and required no continued effort or selfdiscipline. They looked to the operation as a magic cure-all for problems ranging from sexual inadequacy to financial insecurity. Inevitably, they were disappointed...
THEORY II: PARTIAL HOAX. Irving came up with authentic Hughes material, but did not obtain it in the way that he said he did. How else could he have...
...understand your letter, you feel I should not write on a subject with deep social implications because dissemination of the truth may make certain social goals harder to obtain. I, in contrast, do not agree that the truth will make those goals harder to obtain. Moreover, I believe that the truth should influence our thinking in defining social goals. Now, you may dispute whether or not my article is truthful, but first I suggest you consult the large (and rapidly growing) literature on the subject. R.J. Herrnstein...