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...from the sun and harness the earth's heat. None of these sources is expected to provide the ultimate solution. Combining solar with conventional energy could help cut some fuel use. One problem: methods of storing solar energy are not effective enough to be relied on as the sole source of electric or heating power in the cold winter climates of such areas as New England and the northern Middle West. Prices for getting shale oil or using wet-steam deposits in the earth to generate electricity are also far from commercially acceptable...
Unlike other viral diseases transmitted by insects, birds or mammals, smallpox is spread by man himself. Its sole "vector" is a person actually afflicted with the disease; he is contagious only during the four weeks between the appearance of the disfiguring rash and the scaling off of the ugly scabs that form on its pustules. If all those who come in contact with the victim during that period have already been vaccinated or are immune from previous infection, the human transmission chain is broken and the disease is not passed...
...Marshal Yeh Chien-ying, 77, Defense Minister and, because of recent deaths and purges, apparently the sole Vice Chairman of the party. China's top military figure since 1971, Yeh is thought to be a chief proponent of continuing Sino-American détente...
...King, a long time opponent of the graduated income tax, again led the anti-grad tax effort. In 1972, as the sole organized voice of opposition to a grad tax, King raised $120,000 and waged a highly visible campaign...
Disarmingly, but distressingly, Dean concedes that calculating ambition was the sole standard he normally applied as he scrambled for power and influence in the White House. He admits that fear of losing status at the heady heights pushed him easily into criminality. Even when he tells about taking his stand against the President, Dean makes no lofty claim that either personal virtue or an overriding sense of justice motivated his action. Only when he saw, far earlier than most, that the cover-up would not work, either for the President or for himself, did he finally turn against...