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WATCHING Ulster's troubles is like watching a whole country slide down the drain before your eyes," said a despairing official of Northern Ireland's beleaguered government. "It's like sitting on a powder keg. Things are out of control and we're helpless to do anything." Last week a new man was perched atop the powder keg. Former Minister of Development Brian Faulkner, 50, was named to replace James Chichester-Clark as the sixth Prime Minister in Ulster's 50-year history-and the third in the past 23 stormy months. He could also...
Bateriologist (Arthur Hill), biologist (Kate Reid), surgeon (James Olson) and pathologist (David Wayne) are assigned to the microscopic object which consumes plastic and turns blood to powder. One American has already been annihilated; now the Andromeda strain seems bent on total destruction. The Thing multiplies by some unknown process. At great-too great-length, the brains decide to nuke it to death. But wait! They suddenly realize their folly. Split atoms are what make the Thing thrive. It eats them for breakfast. The countdown begins. Can the stalwart defuse the bomb in time? The clock eats up seconds...
...sports and car magazines. In the strongest new merchandising drive, tobacco men are stepping up their sponsorship of sports events, hoping both to reach the large crowds that attend and to draw some mentions in printed news reports of the contests. Philip Morris will sponsor, among other things, the Powder Puff derby for women air racers. Reynolds is concentrating on auto races in the South, where winning drivers are culture heroes. For example, the annual race that used to be called the Alabama 500 now will be known as the Winston 500; Reynolds will put up $100,000 for prizes...
...been sewn into the lining: the style guaranteed them. Modern-day versions have even more to offer, with a choice of colors, fabrics and assorted flourishes undreamed of in the days of chivalry. For women this winter, capes are clearly the most popular way to cover up since face powder...
...given a focus for their anger, given live ammunition, and told to take care of the situation. No one can contend that they shot cold-bloodedly, taking out their anger like the hardhats. Undoubtedly they fired in blind, tired, nervous panic. But the shells had been loaded and the powder primed very carefully in Washington and Columbus...