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...friends believe that nuclear power still has a future, and even many antinuclear people in the area acknowledge that they are probably correct. To be sure, there is stubborn opposition to reopening the disabled and discredited Unit 2 when the cleanup is over. Met-Ed estimates it will take at least three years (federal authorities put the figure closer to five). But Middletowners are resigned to the fact that the company will probably start up the nuclear reactor in Unit 1 some time around the end of the year. Unit 1, which was undamaged by the accident in its sister...
Know-it-alls come in two types: "real experts," who are right about 75% of the time, and "phony experts," who are inept and usually wrong. The real experts are highly valuable, but dogmatic, stubborn and often "so superior in tone that they make others feel useless." Co-workers who must face a know-it-all should do their homework carefully, and instead of arguing, ask "extensional" questions, such as "How will this approach work with our five lands of customers?" The questions may lead know-it-alls to see their errors because they are among the few troublemakers...
...impressive credentials as a moderate conservative who speaks smoothly and sensibly, and has considerable experience in Washington (he has been a Senator since 1967). But he is suffering severely from a late start and showing little if any talent for campaign organizing. John Anderson's proud independence and stubborn insistence on advocating unpleasant proposals?he hammers away on the need for a 500-per-gal. gasoline tax to reduce energy consumption?have won much favorable media attention and a core of devoted followers. But the core remains small. John Connally's smooth wheeler-dealer conservatism has excited corporate executives...
Overcoming the final obstacle to a gold medal in characteristically come-from-behind fashion, the United States hockey team ground out a tough 4-2 win over a stubborn squad from Finland on the final day of the Lake Placid Winter Olympics...
...worrying people do about being indoctrinated, it is a really hard thing to do--Americans are the most stubborn people there are," she added...