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...realistic opponents are trying to control the membership of the coastal commissions themselves. But so are conservationists. Meantime, developers are rushing to get their future projects approved by local authorities before the new rules take effect. In Sacramento, Sierra Club Lobbyist John Zierold, watching the number of building applications soar to record levels, says, "We just have to grit our teeth and bear...
...suspect against whom nothing definite has been found may be able to buy his release for $3 or $4. More prosperous businessmen are held up for more; if gold or large amounts of currency are found in their possession when they are arrested, for instance, the rate can soar to several hundred dollars. Prisoners seriously suspected of Communist or antigovernment activity sometimes are able to buy their way out and sometimes not. Many of them are tortured for confessions, which in South Viet Nam are admissible in court no matter how obtained...
...Matthew E. Welsh, 60, both had the same prescription for Indiana: a reduction in property taxes, to be made possible by hikes in state sales and income taxes and increased state aid to local schools. The campaign thus focused on who had allowed Indiana's tax levies to soar in the first place. Bowen pointed to Welsh's first statehouse term; Welsh blamed general G.O.P. ineptitude. But with a strong assist from the Nixon wave, the doctor got the better of the argument...
...BISHOP has denounced it for the sin of pride. The new director of the FBI is urging it on his top aides, explaining that he wants "their spirits to soar." A group of alcoholics in Ypsilanti, Mich., uses it to inspire members to recovery. The Christian Science Monitor has refused to carry ads for it. A manufacturer has declared that it encourages "ambition, attainment, leadership, exploration, excellence, growth, goals, imagination, courage, determination, loyalty, sharing, teaching, involvement and concern"?not to mention more aggressive salesmanship. Critics have variously classified it as Hinduism and Scientology. Recently, a columnist, dismissing the whole...
...make Sam Francis the Melville of painting. Yet his best work sometimes touches an epic quality that makes sense of his ambitions. "There is no conflict in my painting," Francis once remarked. "The conflict is in my life. I feel trapped by gravity. I would like to fly, to soar, to float like a cloud, but I am tied down to a place. Painting...