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...addition, notes Helmut Sonnenfeldt, another former Kissinger aide, "he does not engage in jurisdictional disputes. Authority just flows his way." At a recent Cabinet meeting he praised Commerce Sec retary Malcolm Baldrige for trying to resolve a European trade problem. Says a National Security Council staffer: "Haig would have worried that Baldrige was treading on his turf...
...opponent's cleats and knees. "I don't hit the ground too hard," he explains. "I come in like an airplane." By the time the Henderson SST has landed, the bleachers at Oakland Coliseum are erupting in soulful acclaim. Elapsed time of the theft: 3 sec...
...Mich., last month, representatives from the Great Lakes states and two Canadian provinces (Ontario and Quebec) listened to some telling statistics from University of Michigan Civil Engineering Professor Jonathan Bulkeley. He pointed out that even a relatively small diversion from the Great Lakes, say 10,000 cu. ft. per sec.-about the volume of water sought by Montana from Lake Superior-would lower water levels enough throughout the interlocking system to cause the loss of $35 million in navigation revenue and $80 million in electrical generating ability...
...bills. Bank tellers keep the funny money in their cash drawers and slip it into a robber's bag along with the other loot. An electronic beam at the bank doors trips the detonator as the money is carried outside, and the hidden package explodes within 20 sec...
...coded signal to a specially designed home or office radio. Subscribers can program their units to play news items about a specific company, industry or subject. The radio automatically crackles to life when information about a selected item is transmitted, and then falls silent. Most bulletins last 60 sec. or less. DowAlert, which is initially being marketed in Boston and Philadelphia, will cost $50 a month, after a $150 installation...