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...remarkable scientific expedition takes the measure of the Antarctic ozone hole and spurs concern that life on earth may become increasingly vulnerable to cancer- causing ultraviolet radiation. Disturbing evidence is mounting that emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases are heating up the world' s climate at a rate unseen since the end of the ice age. See ENVIRONMENT...
...mines were of a primitive design created by the Russians as early as 1908 and still manufactured in recent years by North Korea. When a ship hits one of the protruding spikes, acid is released, detonating the charge. The tethers were set to keep the mines, waiting unseen but lethal, within 40 ft. or less of the surface. Navy specialists said the same type of mines had damaged the Bridgeton in the shipping channel to Kuwait in July and the Texaco Caribbean just outside the Strait of Hormuz in August. The same type of mine destroyed a supply boat...
...attacks, which began in 1983, were all on elderly women, five white and one black. By throwing a sheet over the head of each victim, the culprit had remained unseen. Yet hair samples and sketchy impressions of some witnesses indicated that the rapist was black. It also appeared likely that he was a local: he always seemed to know which women could be found alone in houses unprotected even by a dog. All of which made residents especially edgy, and made Police Chief Christopher Kelly particularly eager to solve the case...
Perhaps it is not the job of the media to focus public attention on those who try to reconcile their faith in God with their knowledge of evolution. Any such balance between the faith in the unseen and the tangible workings of the outside world is obviously delicate and personal...
From where the poet sat one recent afternoon, the boats appeared to be moving through tall grass. It was a serene illusion. The tawny-green South Carolina marsh spread for a mile, hiding the waterway so that only decks and sails were visible. Playing off the seen against the unseen is one of the tricks of the writing trade and of particular current interest to James Dickey, whose second work of fiction relies heavily on the uncanny perceptions of a blind...