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...first mechanical-heart recipient survived nearly six times as long as the first heart-transplant patient, who lilived only 19 days. And Clark, for all his suffering, said he would not hesitate to recommend the procedure to others "if the alternative is that they will die." Said the gallant pioneer: "It is worth it." - By Claudia Wallis. Reported by Cheryl Crooks/Salt Lake City and Joseph J. Kane/Los Angeles
...employees, or technically their ESOP, will take over the Weirton operation for $66 million, plus $300 million mostly for inventories of coal, iron ore and unsold products. For their money, the workers are getting an old plant, built during the early part of the century by Steel Pioneer E.T. Weir, but one that has been modernized over the years; its cold rolling mill numbers among the industry's newest. The plan calls for all workers to own shares of the new company's stock, but details of how much each will get have not been worked out. None...
...large and important part. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, the main number, looks oddly scratchy, and Balanchine's hand is clearly missing. Such faults, however, are far from catastrophic and, given the show's assets, weigh less than they otherwise might. On Your Toes is no longer a pioneer, but it offers something rarely encountered on Broadway these days: guaranteed enjoyment. -By Gerald Clarke
Harvard's indoor track, hailed at its 1977 opening as the fastest in the world, represented a pioneer effort to create the best running surface possible...
...PIONEER DAYS, when most people lived in the countryside, the trip to town for supplies was a major event. For a farmer and his family, miles from their nearest neighbor, town became the center of culture, the source of news and the place where people congregated. Today, almost no one lives on a farm, life in the suburbs is the common American experience, and the excitement of a trip to town has been replaced by that of a visit to the local shopping mall...