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...incident has not caused much of a stir in Israel. Editorial writers and politicians have avoided the subject. One reason is that Israelis are far less sensitive than many Westerners to charges of conflict of interest in news reporting. Another may be that the actions of the free-lancers, some of whom are presumably Israeli citizens, may be seen as the deeds of patriots rather than propagandists...
...case of extended rain, the race may be delayed.) According to the < contest's sponsors -- GM, the Department of Energy and the Society of Automotive Engineers -- the race is more than a vivid demonstration of what today's solar technology can do. They hope that it will also stir the creative juices of a generation of science-shy students that seems inclined to leave the engineering challenges of tomorrow to the Japanese...
Though Barry contended that his decision was "related to my recovery" from an admitted dependence on alcohol and prescription drugs, another motive may have been to strike a deal with U.S. Attorney Jay Stephens. As his trial approached, Barry had gone to increasingly desperate lengths to stir up support among his mostly black constituents. At one point, he accused the Government of not only entrapping him but also actually trying to kill him with a potentially lethal dose of cocaine. He predicted that he could never be convicted because "in this town, all it takes is one juror saying...
SAFE DEPOSITS. A decade ago, California tycoon Robert K. Graham caused a stir and a few snickers when he established the Repository for Germinal Choice. Its purpose: to make the sperm of brainy men (preferably Nobel prizewinners) available to brainy, childless women, who would then theoretically bear superintelligent babies. Three Nobel laureates contributed to this experiment, although the only one to announce his deposits was William Shockley (physics, 1956), a proponent of crackpot theories about the genetic inferiority of blacks. After ten years the repository has spawned 111 children, with 30 more on the way, but not a single...
First it was the Italians and the Jews. Now it is the Koreans. Each new group of immigrants has arrived in New York City scratching for a foothold. They open Mom and Pop stores in the cheapest neighborhoods and, as they succeed, stir the resentment of longtime residents who are often mired in poverty. South Korean immigrants now own 2,500 of the more than 3,000 fruit and vegetable stores in the New York City area. Blacks often resent the newcomers' ability to garner profits from their community. Differences in class and culture as well as stubborn myths have...