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What should America hope and work for? The quick abolition of apartheid and far more rapid economic advancement for blacks. It should not, for the present, demand one man, one vote. To do so, as Vice President Walter Mondale seemed to, means in effect writing off any hope of a peaceful settlement. One man, one vote only antagonizes virtually all white South Africans, convinces them that the U.S. is neither serious nor reasonable and that they might as well go down fighting. For the near term, some form of qualified black suffrage should be the goal. Even most black spokesmen...
...never saw any performance by the legendary Helen Morgan, for whom the part was tailored, but she must have had some kind of talent to have inspired such widespread adulation. I am, however, familiar with Morgan's singing, which I have always thought much overrated: her voice had a rapid, almost bleating tremolo, which I found unattractive...
Because of its rapid rate of growth and increased blood supply, a tumor is hotter than normal tissue and hence gives off more radiant energy. Thermography, or heat scanning, concentrates on looking for infra-red radiation to find tumors. But such waves are rapidly absorbed by bodily tissue; thus tumors that lie any distance below the skin's surface cannot be readily picked up by infra-red sensors. By contrast, microwaves-which are much longer and more penetrating-can locate tumors up to 10 cm. (4 in.) below the surface...
...reason: the shift by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Arthur Burns to a tighter monetary policy. Burns fears that an overly rapid expansion of the money supply might fuel inflation (TIME, June 6). His view was disputed last week by Budget Director Bert Lance, who complained that the Fed's stinginess has prompted major banks to raise lending rates for their best customers to 6.75%, up from 6.25%. Lance believes that the increases could worsen inflation and weaken the recovery by pricing loans out of many businessmen's reach...
...rapid self-enrichers seem to be motivated by greed. It seems more likely that they recognize "money, pur et simple," in Bagehot's phrase, as the shortest, speediest route to public recognition, self-esteem and power-or, simply, security in a threatening world...