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Major Michael Birch, a Pentagon spokesman, said yesterday that Carter will probably announce his choice in the near future, but said he could not predict exactly when that announcement will take place...
...Phase Two. Refining their data, experts predict in August 1978 that there is a 50% probability of a 7 or greater quake occurring in the fall of 1980. New earthquake insurance policies become unavailable in the "target" area. Construction projects are held up and unemployment in the building trades approaches 80%. People cut back on spending and put more money into savings accounts. Many consider moving out of the area; by the fall, 8% have done...
...strains of flu reach America about once every ten years; since no one can predict what a new virus will look like, flu immunization is a chancy business. (Since the virus changes so frequently, flu immunization is also a profitable business for a few drug companies.) Officials at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta were correct in assuming that this year, or next, or the one after a new strain of influenza would appear, but they were wrong in believing they could finally prevent a flu epidemic. The odds of predicting correctly what new strain will appear are small...
There was no way to be sure the vaccine would be safe. Vaccines are dangerous. Just as no one can predict how they will work, so no one can be sure they will cause no harm. To meet the fall deadline, manufacturers rushed through the required process of testing first in animals, then in small groups of humans, and finally in larger groups. There was no time to study long-term effects; the government recommended the vaccine to pregnant women, for instance, after less than nine months of testing. Parke-Davis manufactured and had to discard over 1.5 million defective...
...bitter scrap that pits Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates against the eleven other members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, it is far too early to predict the ultimate winners. But so far, the minority of two seems to be ahead. The Saudis appear to be attracting enough new customers to force their rivals into production cutbacks and price fiddling...