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If Gribbin and Plagemann are right, says Anderson, more quakes should have occurred when the planets last aligned on one side of the sun in 1803. But historical records for such quake-prone regions as Chile, Japan and China show no such upswing in seismological activity that year. Equally to...
The political activists tended to come from the upper strata of U.S. society. Some 43% of the activists earn over $15,000 a year, compared with only 22% of the nonactivists. The activists more often come from professional and executive backgrounds (42% v. 12% of the nonactivists), live in the...
In recent weeks President Nixon has had reason to believe that he was on the upswing in his battle to turn back the advance of impeachment. His trips to the Middle East and the Soviet Union were marked by some modest successes that reinforced his record of accomplishment in foreign...
The upswing in the polls convinced many aides that Nixon's Operation Candor was partly succeeding in explaining away his Watergate woes. Last week Nixon expanded his efforts to appear to be visibly in charge as President. He met with his new energy team, headed by William E. Simon...
Worldwide, the shortage has sparked more of an exploration than a production upswing. Spurred on by voracious demand and fat prices, such oil giants as Exxon, Mobil and Texaco, along with a host of smaller firms, are scouring the earth from Malaysia to Newfoundland for fresh finds. Next month, activity...