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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...People wonder why modern art is so large," Motherwell said, responding to the audience's awe at the size of his murals. "The obvious answer never seems to occur to them. Lofts in New York City, where so much of the Expressionist Movement grew, are 100 feet long by 20 feet wide. The artist's tendency is to fill up the environment...
...switching devices throughout its huge system, Ma Bell is looking into miracle chip applications that would turn the family phone into both burglar alarm and fire alarm, as well as home intercom system. Chips will be used to monitor equipment and alert maintenance teams to potential problems before they occur. Says Lee Thomas, Bell Labs' microprocessor chief: "Applications of the microprocessor five years from now will make the present ones look silly." Motorola has invested $20 million in developing a chip-operated portable phone that weighs less than 2 Ibs. and has no cord. Be- ginning in 1979, residents...
...labor-intensive and world prices were high, but they have since fallen. Recently the government warned that 20,000 more workers will be idled and the economy will tumble into worse shape when the sugar harvest is completed in April. Not coincidentally, the ratification showdown on Capitol Hill should occur near then...
...there, but always charming and witty. It worked very well, and I am still in awe of the iron hand with which my grandmother ruled my grandfather. The moral of this, I suppose, is that among the vast numbers of humans on the globe, an immense variety of relationships occur. But we are all of the same stuff, and we should try like hell not to hurt each other, whether we are brilliant men or brilliant women, brown-haired men or brown-haired women, or any of the other billions of ways we humans have devised of categorizing one another...
...testing the effects of diet, drugs and other chemicals in relation to a wide variety of human diseases, notably cardiovascular disorders and cancer. Two important studies involve examination of the rhesus fetus while it is still in the womb, letting the pregnancy continue and checking hemoglobin changes that occur about the time of birth, which may be significant in relation to sickle-cell anemia...