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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...resurgence of Kennedy magnetism is not Anderson's only worry in Massachusetts, however. Many of the residents of Boston's "silk-stocking suburbs" caught on to his campaign too late switch their registration to independent. And Anderson's organization is Johnny-come-lately compared to the corporate headquarters and pin-stripped staffers his Republican challengers command. Yet Anderson remains hopeful. "The conventional wisdom is that you can't mount a spontaneous political movement. We're going to challenge that," he says...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Anderson Looks for His Break | 2/25/1980 | See Source »

...been claimed that on or about Dec. 27 the Salem anchored offshore at Durban, South Africa's largest port. By then the crew had painted over the name Salem on the hull, making it read Lema-a simple three-letter switch. The vessel then slipped out of Durban around Jan. 2, Lloyd's believes, with its tanks full of sea water to simulate a full load. Two weeks later, when the ship was almost back on its original schedule, it sank off the Senegalese coast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: HIGH SEAS: Sinking a Supertanker | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

France now has 16 nuclear power stations in operation (vs. 72 in the U.S.). Over the next five years it is scheduled to switch on new facilities at a rate of one every two months. By mid-decade, when 52 plants will be running, the country will be getting 55% of its electricity and a fifth of its total energy from the atom; in the U.S., atomic plants now account for 11.5% of electricity production and less than 4% of total energy needs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Where the Atom Is Admired | 2/18/1980 | See Source »

...lethargic zone defense of the first half to a full-court man-to-man press in the second half of the game while the obedient hoopsters picked up the pace and their shooting as well. "We really dug in the second half" freshman guard Pat Horne explained. "The switch to a man-to-man press got us moving around better," she added...

Author: By Sara J. Nicholas, | Title: Women Cagers Win Again, Whitewash Cornell, 74-47 | 2/16/1980 | See Source »

This is a theater, possibly unique, that can convert mechanically from proscenium to theater-in-the-round staging. To switch from conventional to arena staging, the first 100 seats in the center of the orchestra can be removed (manually) and placed on bleachers on the regular stage. Giant plates under the right and left orchestra sections swivel those seats around so that they now face each other over an intervening gap. That gap is filled when hydraulic jackets lift a new stage floor. The result is a circle-in-the-square, with seats on all four sides. For students...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Apparitions and Cakewalkers | 2/4/1980 | See Source »

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