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...transmission problems that forced REMVEC officials to resort to a power cutback partially stemmed from the increased demand for electricity to cool buildings during the current hot spell...
...Strauss's first official duties in Israel was to spell out Washington's concerns in a talk with members of the Knesset Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee. He pointed out that the minority of Americans sympathetic to the Arab view point would greatly increase if the worsening fuel situation in the U.S. should ultimately be blamed on Jerusalem's obstinacy over the Palestinian problem. The message was not lost on Knesset members. Israeli politicians are already disturbed by signs that many American Jews have serious reservations about any settlements on the West Bank that are not vital...
There are some signs that the gold-rush days may be over. Inflation is running at an annual rate of 15%; labor shortages and urban congestion have become major problems. Although the government has begun a stabilization program to redress imbalances and control inflation, an economic downswing could spell trouble for Park, who until now has deflected political dissent by producing prosperity...
...RECENT edition of the New York Times Book Review, a critic arguing for the persistence of decadence in modern society chose David Bowie as one of his prime examples. That seems both gratuitous and unfair, as though Bowie's sheen of bisexuality and world-weariness alone could spell the decay of an entire civilization. And whatever objections you may have to Bowie's recent music, no one could call it worn-out or impotent...
...defying the FAA ban and signaling what amounted to a vote of confidence in the DC-10, the European airlines increased the already intense pressures on Bond either to clear the plane for takeoff in the U.S. or spell out its faults and prescribe the cure. But U.S. investigators still have serious doubts about the plane...