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...third of West Germany's precious forests are dying...
Electronic equipment failed, causing the loss of precious experimental data. Computers mysteriously broke down, and a larder of food inexplicably spoiled (although there were enough fresh provisions on board to keep the spacemen fed). Communications links, already occasionally garbled because of a satellite problem, were hopelessly overtaxed. A major difficulty was the zeal of the ground scientists, about 200 researchers from Europe, the U.S., Canada and Japan, who have worked up to five years or more on their experiments. As they bombarded the astronauts with commands, often in unfamiliar accents and at times absentmindedly reversing earlier instructions, the irritation...
...allowing non-pianists to practice in rooms containing pianos, precious "piano-hours" are being wasted. Suitable, alternate practice facilities should be provided for non-pianists...
Freedom of the press is a precious right. Without it, Americans would be fed claptrap by bureaucrats, who would be their only source of information. When I hear the public lambasting the press, I shudder...
Manufactured by Digital Equipment Corp. of Maynard, Mass., and valued at more than $2.5 million, the VAX is the most precious cargo to be seized during the Reagan Administration's 25-month drive to block the illegal shipment of sophisticated machinery to the Soviet world. But it is not the first such catch. "Operation Exodus," a special task force involving 300 full-time customs agents, has confiscated more than 2,300 illegal shipments worth nearly $150 million since its launching in 1981. Still, the leaks seem to appear as fast as authorities can plug them. In West Germany alone...