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Still, 83 nuclear plants are licensed to operate, although not all of them were actually producing electricity last week because of assorted glitches. Fifty-nine more are in the works, 27 of which may open this year or next. By the end of 1983, nuclear energy will surpass water power and natural gas and move into second place, behind coal, as a generator of electricity in the U.S. Last year nuclear generators produced 12.5% of the nation's electricity. But that is far below the 25% that had been predicted by nuclear proponents in the 1950s...
...seven top strikeout pitchers of all time, five are still active, and at least three should surpass Walter Johnson's record of 3506 this year. Two points for each of the five you can name...
...reflected pervasive French anxiety about the economy. Unemployment is 8.9%, compared with 7.2% when Mitterrand was elected President. Inflation, which runs at 3.7% in West Germany and 4.9% in Britain, remains a stubborn 9.7% in France. And the foreign trade deficit, which reached $1.4 billion in January alone, may surpass last year's record $14 billion. As a result, the franc, which has already been devalued twice under Mitterrand, seems almost certain to be devalued again, even though the Bank of France has been spending some $150 million a week to shore up the currency. Meanwhile, the Mitterrand government...
Murdoch, 51, is best known in the U.S. for his raffish New York Post, a tabloid heavy on sex and crime that has almost doubled its circulation in six years to surpass the New York Times, 960,000 to 906,000. In London his Sun was the first daily to display a woman's bare breasts. Yet included among 100 other newspapers he owns around the world are the upper-brow Australian and the London Times. Says Murdoch: "The role of a newspaper is to inform, but in such a way that people...
...million raked in by Vegas casinos during that period. Moreover, the gap has continued to narrow this autumn. Says Steven Norton, executive vice president for Resorts International, which operates the oldest, largest and most successful casino in the city: "By 1984, gambling revenues in New Jersey will surpass those in Las Vegas." During October, he notes, Atlantic City's revenues jumped a startling 39% over those of the previous year...