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...crusades have ranged from a call for a "smoke-free society by the year 2000" to militant advocacy of the rights of deformed infants. Koop, who delights in the gold braid of the traditional Surgeon General's uniform, has also promoted some idiosyncratic causes: he recently tried, with only partial success, to revive moribund regulations requiring most members of the Public Health Service to wear their military-style uniforms on duty...
...modern diesel engines and revamped its accommodations. An official of the Cunard Line, which owns the 18-year-old ocean liner, said it was assumed that the renovated ship would suffer "teething problems." But their unexpected magnitude will take a $1 million bite out of Cunard's revenues in partial refunds offered to customers...
...only thing that can explain this man, with his chain smoking, pills, liquor, insomnia, and need for crowds, is incredible pain") in arguing that Bernstein's background has forged the schizoid musician, from slick tunesmith to leonine conductor, that he has become. In Peyser's view -- formed with the partial cooperation of Bernstein, who gave her permission to use some personal letters -- the works of the artist cannot be understood without taking into account the character...
...scientists may already have a partial answer: they announced last week that the new compounds can be "spray-painted" onto complex forms, where they solidify. Says IBM Scientist Jerome Cuomo, who described the technique at the American Ceramic Society conference in Pittsburgh: "This opens the door wider than ever to the fabrication of useful objects made of superconducting materials...
...less can take the full IRA deduction. (Taxpayers in any income bracket who have no pension or profit-sharing plan at their workplace can do the same.) Single people earning between $25,000 and $35,000, and married couples with incomes between $40,000 and $50,000, can take partial deductions. Income on all IRA investments will continue to accumulate tax-free...