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...film is shown on the over-sized OMNIMAX screen--76 feet in diameter and tilted at a 30 degree angle to the horizon--Chronos practically surrounds you. Furthermore, the curvature of the screen warps your perception of the world. Shots of a canyon floor from a high mountain peak are somewhat dizzying and flat deserts appear curved and other-worldly...
Polls have shown Flynn to be at the peak of his popularity in the city and political observers have said his election come November is almost a sure bet. A former schoolteacher, Flynn is known for his down-to-earth, neighborly style. He has been praised for reaching out to all the neighborhoods in the city...
...mental health advocates, while conservatives counted up the tax dollars saved. But an optimistically promised second stage of deinstitutionalization was not so easy to deliver: follow-up care in the community frequently failed to materialize. The number of mental patients in U.S. institutions did shrink, though, from a peak of 560,000 in 1955 to some 146,000 in 1984. In New York, the number declined from 93,000 in 1955 to about 20,000 today. One-fifth to one-third of America's homeless are now considered mentally...
...crystals to expose to the rising sun so the gems would be "charged" with its energy. Joyce Rennolds, who wore a cluster around her neck, explained, "These do for the body what microchips do for the computer." Other satisfied participants had warm memories. Said Jackie Murray, who climbed Harvey Peak in South Dakota with her husband and two children: "I hope that is the tranquillity we feel when we die. I do believe something universally happened this weekend...
...functions quickly expanded. When General William Odom became assistant chief of staff for intelligence in late 1981, he argued persuasively that ISA was needed to fill gaps in the CIA's activities. Its personnel grew from about 50 at the start to 283 in 1985. At its peak it had agents in Morocco, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan and some ten Latin American countries. In Panama, for example, it operated a refrigeration company that served as a front for its agents. One ISA mission was to map out the routes U.S. rescue teams would take to reach American embassies likely...