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...Public Service Commission. Said he: "People are trying to become more self-sufficient. The windmill is a step in that direction." The commission ruled last week that the utility was being unreasonable in asking Greenwald "to indemnify the company against its own negligence." The commission ordered the utility to plug into the windmill without any strings. As Cervantes put it: "Those who'll play with cats must expect to be scratched...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Tilting at Utilities | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

Once able to locate the brain's opiate receptors, scientists can use their new strategies to draw a biochemical map of all the other neurotransmitters and to learn how chemicals plug into the brain. At Northwestern University, Aryeh Routtenberg is studying the chemical pathways of the brain's reward system, which when stimulated produces sensations of pleasure. If schizophrenics are indeed on a dopamine "high."; their internal reward systems may be constantly turned on. His University of Chicago colleague Richard J. Miller is tracing the link between dopamine and endorphins. At M.I.T., Richard Wurtman, who is studying various...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Better Living Through Biochemistry | 4/2/1979 | See Source »

National security and the Bill of Rights, it seems, are almost naturally at odds. How can the Government plug leaks and stop the press from publishing its secrets without muzzling free speech? How can it take any kind of national security case to court without spilling secrets at a fair and public trial? The answer has often been that it cannot. But last week the Government was back trying in two cases, one involving the Progressive magazine, and the other former FBI Acting Director L. Patrick Gray III. Both cases illustrate the difficulty of keeping secrets in an open society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: When Are Secrets Best Kept? | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...plug the thing spots, we should have a very successful year," associate coach Ed Stowell said this week...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: Tracksters Sprint and Spring Into Action | 3/21/1979 | See Source »

...coming year, before his appointment takes effect, Brustein will move to Cambridge to observe student drama and make plans for the Loeb ... and, of course, plug for Harvard at The Game...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Brustein On Stage | 12/15/1978 | See Source »

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