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Poland. While there have been no unusual troop movements so far, the Soviets have been gathering units for several weeks in western areas, preparing part of the U.S.S.R. for regular Warsaw Pact maneuvers in East Germany next month. The mobilized Soviet units will probably transit through Poland and could quickly be thrown into action if necessary...
...conditioners and the double-paned windows that you'll find are just one by-product of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority's (MBTA) half-a-billion-dollar decision to extend the Red Line subway to the northwest...
...Adults or the Duchess Will Be Furious, Peter De Vries ∙ Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party, Graham Greene Joshua Then and Now, Mordecai Richler ∙ Rough Strife, Lynne Sharon Schwartz ∙ The Magic Labyrinth, Philip José Farmer ∙ The Second Coming, Walker Percy ∙ The Transit of Venus, Shirley Hazzard
...reason, of course, is the price of gasoline. Years of Government exhortations to conserve precious gasoline by switching to public transit, doubling up in car pools and even simply not driving did little to reduce fuel consumption. But expensive gas is having a stunning impact. The average national price for unleaded gasoline this summer is $1.26 per gal, a 39? increase over last year. Total gas consumption fell 7% in the first 6½ months of this year, while imports of foreign oil declined a strong 13.6%. Oil-company reserves two weeks ago stood at an alltime high...
FICTION: Falling in Place, Ann Beattie Doctor Fischer of Geneva or the Bomb Party, Graham Greene Joshua Then and Now, Mordecai Richler ∙ Preparations for the Ascent, Gilbert Rogin ∙ Rough Strife, Lynne Sharon Schwartz ∙ The Second Coming, Walker Percy ∙ The Transit of Venus, Shirley Hazzard