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Last week the scenario was dismissed as "utter nonsense" by Richard Scorer, a leading British meteorologist. Scorer argued that the theory was based on an extremely simplified computer model that gives an inaccurate picture of the complicated chemical and meteorological processes of the upper atmosphere. He also maintained that most of the chlorine entering the atmosphere comes from such natural causes as volcanic eruptions and the release of methyl chloride from certain seaweeds. Scorer's views put him in opposition to many scientists, who consider the atmosphere a fragile entity. Scorer believes the atmosphere is "the most robust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Curbs and Caveats | 7/21/1975 | See Source »

...battle; the military situation in favor of the Communists was unquestionably irreversible. Nor was there any chance that the U.S. might intervene to prevent a Communist takeover. After more than two decades of various degrees of American involvement in Viet Nam, President Ford last week declared with utter finality that for the U.S., the war was over. A massive Communist force, which had closed in on Saigon from all sides with staggering speed, lay waiting after abruptly halting its advance. Unmistakably, the battlefield lull meant that Saigon had one last chance to avoid total military defeat. It could form...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE WAR: Preparing to Deal for Peace | 5/5/1975 | See Source »

After a seance with my baby brother, the Sultan of Swat, the Swami will utter the words of wisdom that every baseball afficionado years of each year at this time--baseball's pennant winners...

Author: By Francis T. Crimmins jr., | Title: Frankly Speaking | 4/7/1975 | See Source »

...returns from hell, the angel hustles to his side in breathless anticipation, exclaiming that he's "dying to hear about your trip!" Some of Heurtebise's lines could easily fall flat when the humor wanes transparent, but A.S. Birsh never leaves you in doubt as to his character's utter naivete, and the risky bits slip by quite smoothly...

Author: By Anemona Hartocollis, | Title: Don't Look Back | 3/20/1975 | See Source »

...about to be issued in paperback. Students will be paying $12.50 for a new kit that includes the paperback edition of Womanhood, plus such items as the Domestic Goddess Planning Notebook, for listing tomorrow's chores, and the Love Book, for scribbling down the endearments her husband will utter once the wife learns her lessons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Sexes: Total Fascination | 3/10/1975 | See Source »

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