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...decision to destroy her. Would other methods of treatment have worked? Continuous sedation is unrealistic because a horse lying too long on its side develops radial paralysis; placing a horse in a sling often impairs circulation and waste elimination and could cause death; finally, putting a horse on a rubber raft in a pool, so that kicking off a cast becomes impossible, is still an experimental technique. At 'week's end Jack Dreyfus, chairman of the board of the New York racing association, said, "The inadequacy of knowing what to do was the problem. It happened to strike...
...clustered in the world's southern hemisphere will try to align and squeeze higher prices out of the relatively rich industrial nations of the northern hemisphere. Already the two sides are squabbling over what to do about the wild swings in prices of such basic materials as copper, rubber and cocoa...
...Middle East. Further, in a side trip to two economic conferences in Paris, Kissinger promised that the U.S. would begin building what he called a "new order" in the world economy. He signaled American willingness to talk with developing nations about stabilizing prices for raw materials like copper, rubber and cocoa as well as oil. In a related step aimed at impressing the OPEC cartel that the U.S. is determined to conserve energy, Ford imposed a second $1-per-barrel tariff on imported oil and proposed phasing out price controls on domestic oil later this month (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS...
When California Angels Righthander Nolan Ryan pitches, curious things happen. Batters edge back from the plate, opposing managers bench their red-hot hitters, Angel outfielders let fly balls drop in for base hits, and the Angel catcher stuffs a half-inch-thick pad of foam rubber into his glove. The reason: Ryan throws so hard he rewrites the basic customs of the game. Batters inch back because they are scared, managers yank top hitters because they can't connect on high fastballs, Ryan's own outfielders are lulled to sleep by the preponderance of infield outs his pitches...
Basketball Dream. Though Ryan still suffers from control woes-he led the majors in walks for the past three seasons-he is now the compleat pitcher. By combining powerful leg thrust off the rubber with whip action in his arm, the 6-ft. 2-in., 198 lb. pitcher fires a fastball that, if anything, is fastest at the end of a game. When he doesn't want to throw smoke, he is not shy about switching to his curve or change-up, even when the count is 3 and 2. By that time batters are usually so intimidated that...