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...will be found to conquer the sea's appetite. The town is about to hire an engineering firm to study solutions, such as extending the existing jetty or building groins off the shore to reduce the impact of the waves. But Geologist Morton is skeptical. "Any attempt to trap sediment on the island only works when you have a good sediment supply," he warns...
Brown had appeared unlucky at first (Navy's run came on a double that Santos-Buch caught, but which was inexcusably called a trap), but the sixth-inning outburst righted his confidence. Brownie gave up one hit and an unearned run in the last two frames, while three doubles (the Crimson had six two-baggers in the game) and a single gave the batsmen their two final runs...
...addition to the highly convincing control-room sequences in the power plant, the film's treatment of television news is excellent. Fonda skillfully portrays an ex-commercial actress trying to get away from the trap of cute feature stories. Her professionalism shows as she plants a huge smile on her face on camera, while inwardly seething because her boss killed the nuclear accident story...
Ambitious employees have two ways to get out of this trap, both of which tend to compound the problem. The first is to jump sideways as you jump up, finding high-paid jobs in other agencies that you often are only remotely qualified to fill. Most hiring officers prefer the relatively unqualified but established civil servant to the highly qualified outsider because all outsiders are unknown quantities...
...largely because of the groundswell of anti-Soviet feeling, Peking may have more friends on Capitol Hill these days than Moscow. Moreover, many legislators, like the Chinese, do not share the Administration's determination to protect SALT. The Peking leadership sees SALT as a trap into which the Soviets have lured the U.S. The principal sponsor of the 1974 amendment linking trade with emigration was Henry Jackson, who also happens to be both the leading opponent of SALT and proponent of closer ties with China. Thus the Administration faces the disagreeable possibility that Congress, skillfully lobbied by the Chinese...