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Although he is well known for his constant optimism, Deutsch does predict that the world will face severe challenges in the years ahead. "We may soon face crises and catastrophes compared to which the depressions and wars of the first half of this century will seem minor," he warns, his German accent thickening to underscore the dangers. "The first crisis we may face is that of an arms race in a world of nuclear arsenals and weapons of mass destruction. This could start in the next 12 months if the SALT treaty fails in the Senate. The second crisis...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: The Best Political Scientist in the World Goes on Half-Time, Still an Optimist | 5/23/1979 | See Source »

...many humans can be funny and serious and be remembered forever as I predict Woody will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, May 21, 1979 | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

...month of 1978. Every month, many stations are drained early, and in the last week of the month they start closing early in the evening, or on weekends, or until they get the next shipment. Come Memorial Day and the start of the great summer driving orgy, most experts predict serious trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Gas: A Long, Dry Summer? | 5/21/1979 | See Source »

Johnson said that without legal advice he could not predict if it would be feasible to bring a lawsuit against the corporation...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Professor Seeks Lawsuit Against MIT Corporation | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

...local models...implies nothing about the 'ultimate nature of reality'." His catastrophe theory purported not to "explain" phenomena but merely to describe them--a crucial distinction the authors, as well as other proponents, refuse to make. If the mark of a science is both to explain and to predict phenomena, and catastrophe theory often does neither, a re-evaluation of its worth may be in order...

Author: By Peter M. Engel, | Title: The Topology of Everyday Life | 5/14/1979 | See Source »

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