Word: shorted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...ever been to a science-fiction convention you've seen them in a less egregious form: short, bad complexion, slightly overweight, greasy hair, glasses, copy of Stranger in a Strange Landdiscreetly folded over an otherwise prominent hard-on. At least they have something to talk about: the possibilities of sending Isaac Asimov to Pluto, or the time Mr. Sulu's left ball was shot off by Klingons. It's worse at Dracula conventions: the plastic fangs they wear inhibit conversation, and instead of meeting tall, gaunt, Continental types they find only themselves, or else fat, greasy middle-aged...
...welter of recriminations, sadly enough, a crucial OAU report warning of "impending disaster" for Africa's deteriorating economies was given short shrift. The perfunctory debate over the study, which recommended the creation of a Common Market for the continent, tended to justify a sad remark by Liberian President William Tolbert. Most issues, concluded the OAU host and conference chairman, had been "decisively unaddressed...
...Carter's program would have little direct, short-term impact on the economy. It will take time for the biggest construction contracts to be let out, for the huge rail and mining jobs to get under way. Actually building a synfuel plant could require five years or more, and environmental objections and court protests might drag out projects even longer. The size of the spending appears smaller when reckoned at an average $14 billion a year, spread out over ten years. That is a relatively small part of an economy that now produces $2.3 trillion worth of goods...
...himself passable Japanese. Works in an Atlanta eyrie among Oriental antiques and photos of his handsome wife. Spends more than half his time traveling, largely to the 135 countries where Coke does business. Has a rather radical idea: the whole world can be fed, fairly simply and cheaply. In short, there need be no malnutrition...
...competency testing in most states, but it also warns that too hasty an imposition of these graduation requirements can discriminate against past victims of segregation. North Carolina gave students three years' notice when its 1980 target date for competency testing was announced in 1977, a schedule almost as short as Florida's. However, North Carolina officials, who will allow students at least five tries at an acceptable score, say that a greater percentage of pupils, black and white, have already passed the state tests...