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...affect a vital international interest. Sixty percent of the world's oil flows through the strait, and its cutoff would leave homes without heating oil and factories without fuel throughout the western world. Oil supplies are not a mere "phantom" of national security. The United States has only a six-week emergency supply of oil, and it would certainly take much longer for alternative energy sources and conservation to eliminate the shortage that blockage of the Strait would entail...
...close as the walls. The magic returns in unlikely spots-when, for example, horses "recede into space like the figures reflected in the background bulbs and mirrors of Flemish paintings," or the moralistic voice of Savonarola echoes between sessions at the $2 window. Barich reports that during his six-week betting binge he never lost more than $128-or made more than $192. In fact, he gained far more. He wrote an enchanted book and found a soul-sustaining insight: "What was any renaissance but a sudden bias in favor of hope?" Readers can only be biased in favor...
...tragedy is in part the result of drought. For the past two years, the normally dependable rains that usually begin in March have arrived behind schedule-or not at all. This has disrupted planting from Somalia to Mozambique. In Kenya, a six-week delay in the rainy season contributed to a decline in milk production from 700,000 liters to 400,000 liters a day; milk, butter and baby formula virtually disappeared from, the stores...
Because the College is only one part of the University, most campus buildings would have to remain open during the proposed six-week hiatus. Even closing only the Yard dormitories and the Houses would be difficult because about 100 tutors, proctors and masters would have to have a place to live during the winter recess...
...shortened summer and extra interim time could affect not only professors' research opportunities but also student finances. Presumably students could work during the six-week winter hiatus to make up for lost summer income, but Lawrence E. Maguire, director of the University work-study program, says mid-winter jobs may take some planning to find...