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Whatever their water problems, whatever sends them out to squabble with their neighbors, more often than not cities and nations have only themselves to blame. They squander their supplies in haphazard irrigation, pollute their readiest sources, and are casual about preparing for dry years. In 1950 a research team warned New York City that it would need additional water by 1970, recommended the installation of meters* and stringent measures to stop leakage in the aqueducts and water mains. A pumping station was built upriver on the Hudson, then dismantled as soon as the 1950-51 emergency was over. Nothing...
...exploration-basically, more distant searches and deeper drilling with more sophisticated equipment-have shut out most of the old breed of independent operators. A few independents, however, are still rich and ready enough for global competition with the major companies-and one of the richest and readiest is a stocky, straightforward Texan named John Whitfield Mecom. At 53, Mecom has amassed assets of between $400 million and $500 million, reaped largely from 30 years of roaming the world in search of oil. Last week, on yet another search, he started drilling in Jordan, one of the few Arab nations where...
When students lash out against undergraduate professionalism, the readiest object of attack is the monolith of Harvard professionalism, the Harvard Student Agencies. HSA is the embodiment of the student business mentality in the College, and in its headlong rush up the ladder of success it has skipped enough rungs and stepped on enough toes to provide ammunition for the most clumsily mounted offensive...
Checked for Pica. Working mothers and those busy with community causes or a new baby may give a child too little attention, so that he seeks gratification by the readiest means available. Maladjusted mothers unconsciously encourage pica by handing a child a bottle, or other food, whenever he demands attention. Many of these are mothers with addictions of their own always overeating or chain-smoking...