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This month will mark the unscheduled arrival of Skylab on earth, as well as the tenth anniversary of mankind's arrival on the moon. These twin aerospace milestones are the subject of this week's cover story, which also looks toward the uncertain but potentially dazzling future of the U.S. space program. To see further ahead, TIME commissioned Science Author and Visionary Arthur C. Clarke to supplement the story with his view of man's long-term prospects in space...
...diplomatic recrimination. Carter will encounter criticism for the conspicuous failure of his Administration to curb the American appetite for energy. Most of the lecturing will come from the European Community countries, who can boast that they are successfully shaving their own reliance on OPEC oil by nearly one-tenth. Another irritant is the Administration's recent decision to subsidize the import of such middle-distillate petroleum products as diesel fuel and heating oil,* which the Europeans see as a hasty overreaction that sets a dangerous precedent. Said one U.S. official: "I haven't seen the Europeans...
Demonstrations this spring, however, were organized in much shorter time, as nostalgia for the tenth anniversary of the student strike of '69 provided impetus to student concern over the department's problems. Representatives from the Black Student Association (BSA), the Southern Africa Solidarity Committee, and several other student groups formed a committee in support of the Afro-American Studies Department in early April. The committee first tried to elicit student support for the department by distributing petitions to the Houses, focusing on two of the department's perennial problems: tenured faculty and funding...
Baker's other great gift is his consistency. Each year he finds the endurance to be sharp and fresh and surprising nearly 150 times. The gross wordage he turns out over a year would amount to a fair-size novel. In Baker's book-lined office on the tenth floor of the Times building, just off Times Square, is a photo of the Marx brothers. The inscription is by Groucho, and it reads, "You are the reason I read the New York Times...
What about Harvard sports in the 1980s? What will it be like when the Class of '79 returns for its Tenth Reunion in 1989 (assuming that there still will be enough energy left for the transportation of alums to Cambridge...