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...present fevered climate of public debate about the nation's use of reactors to provide energy. The NRC has not suggested that the plants are unsafe. But engineers from Pennsylvania's Duquesne Light Co., which operates one of the plants, and the Boston firm of Stone and Webster, which designed all five, found a mathematical defect in the computer program used to design some of the plants' coolant pipes so that they would be strong enough to withstand a major earthquake. The firms promptly reported their discovery to the commission. Even though it recognized that the probability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Life: An Atom-Powered Shutdown | 3/26/1979 | See Source »

...emphasize just how platonic the bond between Norma and Reuben is, Ritt marries her off to Sonny Webster (Beau Bridges), the archtype 'good ole boy.' Handsome but lethargic, this youthful Billy Carter barely peeps while his new bride flies about doing labor organizing with the self-described 'lefto' from Central Park West. Bridges tries valiantly to inject this regional stereotype with credibility but unfortunately, his Sonny comes off like a muscle-bound teddy-bear blessed with the patience of Baptist Mother Theresa. Supposedly a divorced father, Sonny behaves with such liberated understanding that it seems impossible any woman would depart...

Author: By Deirdre M. Donahue, | Title: A Brilliant Rae | 3/19/1979 | See Source »

...trip to Gibraltar follows the conclusion of this year's season. Coming up in February and March are three home games. After facing Graham Junior College at the IAB on February 16, the Classics wind up the season against the Harvard JVs and Daniel Webster Colleges on March 2 and 3, respectively...

Author: By Bill Ginsberg, | Title: Harvard's Vagabond Cagers | 1/22/1979 | See Source »

...familiar as the monsoon cycle may be, the winds remain inscrutable-"a sea of question marks," says Australian Meteorologist Peter Webster. Predicting them is bafflingly difficult; they are a cauldron of complex, wildly fluctuating conditions. Says the U.S. National Science Foundation's Richard Greenfield: "They can vary fantastically over the space of a few miles, and even a one-or two-degree temperature shift sets vast amounts of airborne water dropping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mighty Monsoon | 1/8/1979 | See Source »

...wistfully, perhaps, Webster told TIME last week: "I came here to take care of the present and future of the bureau, not the past." The past, however, is still a problem for any director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Webster's Test | 12/18/1978 | See Source »

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