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...Nancy's Dad, long deceased, was once an armed robber. But Mom will fork over the hundred grand if Nancy agrees to stay away from Michael for ever. The pact is sealed, and Nancy gets some new flesh to go with her stitches. With the help of a shrink, she even man ages to keep her head while losing her face. That would be that, but ... Enter "the promise." Earlier in the film, Michael had given Nancy a vow: "I promise I'll never say goodbye to you." Now how can Michael never say goodbye to Nancy...
...increase or decrease of more than 5% in the size of an existing missile would make the weapon a "new type," hence one whose development is restricted by the treaty. The Soviets have seemed willing to accept a 5% ceiling on increases, yet would like to be able to shrink existing missiles by 12% before these weapons would be classified as new ones. The U.S., however, maintains that more than a 5% change fundamentally alters a missile's characteristics and that a smaller new weapon, utilizing technological advances in miniaturization, could be even more lethal than an older...
...Saturday, the engineers began preparing yet another approach to getting rid of the bubble. They continued to vent some of the gas from the containment building in controlled steps. This meant that low-level radiation was still being released from the plant. But it also caused the bubble to shrink slightly. When it became small enough, the engineers hoped that it could be siphoned into a tank in the pump building. Since the gas in the bubble was highly radioactive, a wall of lead bricks had to be built around the tank...
...automakers are rushing to meet by 1985 a series of sweeping and sometimes contradictory Government regulations aimed at improving gas mileage, lowering engine pollution and improving safety. The auto companies are spending staggering sums to comply with the regulations as well as to shrink the highway cruiser and develop new, more conserving engines for powering it. GM alone will lay out $5 billion in capital spending this year. Still, Government pressure increases for even sharper and faster change. Transportation Secretary Brock Adams has called on automakers to achieve even greater gas economy by doing "nothing less than reinventing...
...White-collar workers and many professionals have suffered because they lack the means of organizing into special-interest lobbies to protect their paychecks. Corporate employees such as computer programmers and engineers have experienced a moderate loss in buying power, and librarians have seen the purchasing strength of their paychecks shrink by 11% since 1967, while college professors have had theirs shrivel...