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...Goddard Institute for Space Studies, has published a small and curious book called God and the Astronomers, in which he suggests that the Bible was right after all, and that people of his own kind, scientists and agnostics, by his description, now find themselves confounded. Jastrow blows phantom kisses like neutrinos across the chasm between science and religion, seeming almost wistful to make a connection. Biblical fundamentalists may be happier with Jastrow's books than are his fellow scientists. He writes operatically: "For the scientist who has lived by his faith in the power of reason, the story ends...
...power play when he cruised into the St. Lawrence zone, went by the cage on the left side, and shoveled the back in front for anybody. A couple of onsides kicks by St. Lawrence defenders later, the puck gyroscoped its way by Laskowski. How Watson got credit for the phantom tally is one for Columbo to solve...
Hundreds of tanks and armored cars thundered through the streets of Tehran last week, as U.S.-made Phantom jets screamed through the skies overhead. In a powerful show of force, the Iranian armed forces rolled out their heaviest armament and their flashiest regiments for the annual armed forces day parade. Traditionally, the festivities are an occasion for full-dress reviews and elegant tea parties for officers and their wives. This time, however, it was a day for showing strength and loyalty to Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlavi. Two weeks ago, in a desperate effort to counter rising opposition to his autocratic...
...response to Bellotti's phantom campaign, Weld emphasizes a handful of incriminating facts that indicate that Bellotti has not pursued cases of political corruption vigorously enough. Most damaging of all is Weld's insinuation that Bellotti was connected with a firm recently proven to have bribed state politicans in return for lucrative public works construction contracts...
...Estes was back wheeling and dealing. One deal involved conning a leasing operation of Borg-Warner Corp. of Chicago and other firms into paying for some nonexistent steam cleaners, used in washing down oilfield equipment. Estes then arranged for Wallace Oil Co. to pretend to lease some of the phantom cleaners. When the Chicago firm sent a representative to see its equipment, he was, according to a Justice Department official, "given a little bit of the run-around." Estes and associates are accused of taking the proceeds from the sale of the steam cleaners, paying the leasing cost and pocketing...