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...Friday morning, Oct. 27, less than three days after the Stage II speech, it was obvious that the hope was in vain. Blumenthal phoned Carter and told him that something had to be done immediately to save the dollar.* The two huddled privately that afternoon following a Cabinet meeting. Carter told the Secretary to accelerate the planning but maintain deepest secrecy...
...Scatter speculated, "Men may even walk on the moon." Marion Speich fantasized that there would be pushbutton telephones. Ah, but those that dreamed more down-to-earth dreams, how little they knew. "There might be a cure for cancer," thought Gail Lewis. And warmer winters in Buffalo were the vain hope of a boy named Francis...
Harvard's time and money may all have been in vain, however. New guidelines proposed by the National Institutes of Health which would go into effect in two months significantly reduce the safety restrictions required for recombinant DNA research. If the new guidelines go into effect as expected, none of the recombinant DNA experiments Harvard scientists now plan would require use of the new building...
...This is the year a number of Great Society liberals like Minnesota's Don Fraser unexpectedly found themselves trudging the gangplank. This is the year the "barren ground" liberals like Mike Dukakis and Jerry "Jarvis" Brown are discovering precious little sustenance from the earth they scorched in a vain attempt to hold off the advancing barbarians. This is the year the swell for labor law reform hit a crosswind; the year natural gas deregulation came in a gusher. This is the year of The Great Temptation to trumpet a Right-Wing Trend. Well, get thee behind me, Satan. Because this...
...dynamite is not dangerous, police insisted, but they alerted patrols on highways around St. Louis to search for the potentially explosive car. They made more than 200 phone calls to those who flew into the airport that night, but all in vain. Until the elderly couple discovered their plight while watching television, Canine Commander Lieut. John Reeg had only the traditional explanation, the one about communications...