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...Marglin doesn't think many economists were radicalized by the debate last month--"I didn't really expect to shake Otto's faith in capitalism," he laughs. But he does believe that the mainstream representatives--Duesenberry and Eckstein--"gave up a lot of ground to us...Of course, the terrain was very favorable to us--7 per cent inflation and 9 per cent unemployment...
...cruise missiles are similar to unmanned planes. Equipped with turbine engines and stubby wings, they can be launched from ships, aircraft or even submerged submarines; a rocket booster propels the missile until it breaks through the water's surface and its engine takes over. When equipped with a terrain-following electronic guidance system, which is now being developed, it should be able to skim great distances over land or water (as far as 1,500 miles). while eluding enemy radar defenses. (In contrast, ballistic missiles follow high, arcing trajectories, which make them more vulnerable to radar detection.) Because...
Though the trappings of high-powered competition were not present at Putney, high-powered racers were. Topranked Bill Koch, who placed third in the 15-km. races at the European Junior Championships last year, won the 15 km., gliding through the familiar terrain near his family farm in Guilford, Vt. In the 50-km. ordeal, Tim Caldwell, a wiry young Olympic hopeful, won going away. And the country's top woman racer, Martha Rockwell, now has 15 individual national titles after winning the women's 5-, 10-and 20-km. contests...
...people are now going the nordic route. For full-time competitor as well as amateur, there is a price for the solitude they find along rural trails: hard work. Few sports are so demanding. On long, thin skis, cross-country skiers are like marathon runners covering miles of rugged terrain while burdened by pounds of awkward gear...
...Boston obstetrician? The answer is, simply, that as much insists that this operation was not an abortion, the prosecution is out to limit the practice of abortions--and not just those by hysterotomy. Assistant District Attorney and Prosecutor Newman A. Flanagan has to argue his case on this limited terrain because he knows that an abortion in October 1973 was legal, and that if he tried Edelin for abortion, the doctor could go free...