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...deserve our own noun-niphophile, meaning a snow lover. There aren't many of us. And John Skew's "Waiting for the Big One" [Jan. 14] deserves eternal preservation. In southwestern Michigan the situation is abominable. By this time last year we had been blessed with more than 70 in. of white delight. All we have to keep us niphophiles going is the nearly poetic prose of snow aficionados like John Skow...
...this done, the Administration must now decide on a longer-range strategy to counter the Soviet Union's initiatives in Central and Southwestern Asia. "Act tough" was the predictable advice offered by one of Peking's diplomats at the U.N. "Teach the Soviets a lesson, that's what you've got to do," said he, making a karate chop. "If you don't, the big bear reaches out for more." But overreaction could be as dangerous as retreat. Not only might too bellicose an American policy provoke a superpower confrontation, but it would greatly concern U.S. allies situated near...
Sources also said that an Afghan army brigade fought with Soviet troops near Kandahar, in southwestern Afghanistan. Both sides reportedly suffered heavy casualties...
...Klondike, the ancient artisans obtained much of their gold by panning. They also dug shafts into the ground and even set fire to hillsides to expose the gold-bearing soil. Smelting was done in small clay crucibles. Some objects, like the breastplates made in the Calima region of southwestern Colombia, were hammered into shape on stone anvils with instruments made of iron found in meteorites. To prevent the gold from becoming brittle and breaking while it was being worked, the goldsmiths annealed it-heating it and quenching it rapidly in water. For joining different pieces, they developed several methods, including...
Middle class citizens as well are potential White supporters, as long as a stable municipal government continues to meet their needs. Those conservative voters, predominantly making their homes in the southwestern section of Boston, have neither the liberal's luxury of worrying about the erudite issues, nor the poor's immediate demands for assistance. They pay close attention to police protection, school quality and property values--and these have returned to normal during White's tenure...