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The skepticism, however, involves only the idea of floating; otherwise, there is little question that many jetports of the future will be water-based. This fall the FAA expects to unwrap a $35,000 study of existing proposals for offshore air port construction, which will include airports built on fill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Future: Airports at Sea | 5/30/1969 | See Source »

Sir: I am perplexed. One year ago the youth of America cried, "Peace!" "Don't let our boys die needlessly in Viet Nam!" "Make love, not war!" Today colleges are virtual battlegrounds. Either we are confronted by a generation of neurotics or we are permitting a few malcontents to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 23, 1969 | 5/23/1969 | See Source »

It all begins very swiftly in the glorious late-afternoon California sunshine. A short time after the earth starts to shudder, the huge, 20,000-sq.-mi. land mass west of the San Andreas fault wrenches itself free from the continent. San Francisco is quickly reduced to piles of rubble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Anxiety: Doomsday in the Golden State | 4/11/1969 | See Source »

Like many another metal, lead is a cumulative poison. The human body can dispose of the minute quantities that it ingests in food and water. But any unnatural overload piles up, causing abdominal cramps ("painter's colic"), lassitude, irritability, vomiting and twitching. In severe cases, the victim may lapse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Toxicology: Deadly Lead in Children | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

Most enthusiasts are now experiencing the thrill of returning to the great outdoors. The inefficiency of Cambridge snow removal delays this exodus to the wholesome fresh air, but the hardiest are only too happy to jump puddles and plow through occasional piles of snow. The sidewalks beside the river fill...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Marathon Runners Train For Boston Spring Races | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

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