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...series continues our Bicentennial observance, which began with our special July 4, 1776 issue. This issue has been extremely popular with schools and organizations, which are able to obtain copies at bulk rates by telephoning, toll free, 800-621-8200 (or in Illinois, 800-972-8302). The first run of 5.4 million copies was virtually sold out in three weeks, and a second printing of 800,000 has begun, making this the first edition of TIME to be reprinted since we began publication 52 years...
...dropped as much as 8 ft. In California's fertile agricultural valleys, the sink rate has reached 1 ft. per year. Indeed, geological depression is so serious, reports the New York Academy of Sciences, that it has already caused millions of dollars in damage across the U.S. The toll has ranged from broken sewer lines and cracked pavements to an increased incidence of lowland flooding...
...commodities prices tumbled, in some cases to a third of what they had been at the peak. Copper, for example, rose nearly 300% in 17 months, peaking at $1.40 per Ib. a year ago; this month the price fell as low as 560. The roller-coaster performance took its toll on producers and consumers alike. The price upswing aggravated inflation in industrialized countries. The downturn sent shock waves through the nonindustrialized Third World nations, some of whom depend heavily on commodities production for income, and added to pressures for OPEC-style cartels for raw materials other than...
Financial problems, which have plagued college athletic programs throughout the country, have taken their toll at Harvard...
...unions' propensity to walk off the job on almost any excuse takes a heavy toll: in 1974, strikes and other work stoppages cost Britain 1,418 man-days of labor for every 1,000 workers, v. 410 in France and only 82 in West Germany. Unions also enforce archaic work rules and featherbedding practices that keep productivity low. By one estimate, the average Japanese worker produces six times more autos per year than his British counterpart...