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...miles down, they will descend into a world of inky darkness where even their powerful spotlights will be unable to penetrate more than a few dozen feet. Pressure will be great enough (about 2 tons per sq. in.) to crush ordinary submarines. Indeed, the scientists have already had a preview of the project's perils. Last summer, during preliminary surveying, the Archimède crashed into rocks several times when it was tossed about by the strong bottom currents. The little sub had another close call when a small electrical fire filled the crew chamber with smoke and caused...
...race will provide a preview of the Eastern Sprints Championship next week, and Radcliffe is sky-high for the encounter. They're even getting to eat brunch at the Varsity Club Saturday morning, a rare use of that facility...
...predictions is one of America's favorite pastimes. This probably hiuges on the fact that 162 games after you've made your forecast, nobody remembers or cares what you said. In any case, never does a pre-season pass in which the average baseball buff doesn't find a preview which thoroughly angers him (or her) and prompts speculation as to the prognosticator's mental capacities. So sharpen your claws...
Although nothing that drastic is planned in the U.S., the Nixon Administration does intend to convert the present voluntary ban on Sunday gasoline sales into a mandatory prohibition once Congress passes the necessary legislation. So the economic and social effects of the European bans may offer a preview of the American future-distorted somewhat by the fact that Europe is far less dependent on the car than the U.S. is; many more Europeans than Americans have access to cheap, safe, clean and ubiquitous public transportation...
...wooing voters for the Knesset (Parliament) elections that were scheduled for Oct. 30. The war forced postponement of the voting until Dec. 31 and, for a while, reduced domestic political sniping. By last week, however, Israel's ever-voluble politicians had begun loosening their tongues again, providing a preview of the election issues. The outcome could determine how Israel will deal with its Arab neighbors in seeking peace...