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...bear much of it. If we had a keen vision and feeling of all ordinary human life, it would be like hearing the grass grown and the squirrel's heart beat and we should die of that which lies on the other side of silence. As it is, the quickest of us walk about well wadded with stupidity...
...Debates. Regardless of whom they support, eight out of ten panelists were eagerly looking forward to this week's verbal duel as a way to get to know the candidates better. Said Marie Silence, a Republican from Jacksonville: "I want to see who is quickest answering [questions] and who will be caught off guard." Predicted Harvey Hartter, a pro-Ford laborer in Fairview, Kans.: "I'll find out a lot of things about them when they are on the spot. You can find out what they really stand...
...quickest and most dramatic tests of all is for certain classes of virus that can be identified by their size and shape. It may take no more than three hours to prepare a specimen for Electron Microscopist Frederick Murphy to magnify up to 200,000 times. If he has caught his prey, its picture can be thrown onto a screen for a roomful of epidemiologists to see. Last week Dr. Murphy prepared such a specimen, and CDC Director David Sencer asked him: "Where is your picture?" A frustrated Murphy replied, "The picture is blank." Dr. Sencer then admitted...
Clearly the quickest way to cut through the interwoven problems is to discard the rigid traditions. Though the White Paper recognizes that solution, its authors correctly fear that the old traditions are far too deeply entrenched to be changed without tremendous dislocations in Japanese society. Big corporations have avoided the issue so far by choosing an alternative answer: to cut the number of new workers hired while keeping productivity per worker high with more automation in factories. This year, for example, the giant Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. will take on only 700 new workers to replace...
...recover, because two of its main industries-aircraft and construction -still have almost empty order books. Aided by a demand for textiles, the Southeast is starting to revive. Atlanta's $2 billion subway building program is providing a boon. The Midwest and Southwest generally are recovering the quickest, thanks largely to their successful mix of highly diversified industries...