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...last week, Deputy Premier Jerzy Ozdowski even expressed vague hopes that martial law might be lifted "tomorrow or by Feb. 1." The skepticism of Western observers seemed to be confirmed at week's end when Government Spokesman Jerzy Urban declared that martial law would last until "all fatal phenomena"-in other words, all opposition-ended...
...both at high levels, there are pressures to address the erosion in the value of endowment income which inflation causes by distributing a larger fraction of the high earnings which result from high interest rates. If high rates of inflation and of current income prove to be short-term phenomena of similar duration, then such action might be justified. However, if high rates of current return endure for only a short period while high inflation rates continue into the longer term, then a decision to utilize more income currently will reduce the opportunity for reinvestment and will limit the University...
...years, ever since being challenged at a party and finding, to his surprise, that he could do it. He has also been put to the test by skeptical musicians and critics, as well as by James ("The Amazing") Randi, a professional magician who specializes in debunking claims of "paranormal" phenomena. Performing recently for a television crew from That's Incredible! he scored 20 for 20 in a demonstration set up by Temple University Musicologist Stimson Carrow...
There is not perhaps another object in the heavens that presents us with such a variety of extraordinary phenomena as the planet Saturn...
...Such phenomena seemed to defy the revered laws of classical physics. But scientists are about to get a chance to unravel these mysteries-and perhaps more. At precisely 11:25 p.m. E.D.T. next Tuesday, Aug. 25, a second spacecraft, Voyager 2, will finally reach Saturn after a four-year, 1.4 billion-mile flight. Ducking behind the planet (as seen from earth), it will skim to within 63,000 miles of the planet's cloud tops. Then Voyager 2 will plunge through the plane of Saturn's rings, brushing precariously close to that rocky debris. All the while...