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Harper's Publisher Russell Barnard says that his projected postal expenditures during the next two years "could more than wipe out our total profits." Hearst Magazines President Richard Deems says, "We're spending every waking hour thinking about how we'll keep our publications as viable businesses...
...Which is why you've had such a rough time tryin' to find 'em. In this state there are a group of fanatics who believe that dope is evil, and they're fightin tooth and claw to wipe it out. Jesus freaks are nothin compared to narcs, and especially local narcs. They're bible totin statute quotin freaks and in my opinion they are the lowest type of scumbag because they'll get in with you and then betray you. The only character out of the Bible they forget to cite is Judas...
...pushing buttons on a tape recorder at least five?and probably nine ?times, they had found, in effect, that this destruction of evidence necessarily had to be deliberate. Until someone within the White House steps forward to admit that his or her fingers pushed those keys to wipe out the conversation, the cover-up cannot, indeed, be considered to have ended...
...whole slowed to 1.3% in 1973's fourth quarter. It was the smallest rise since late 1970 and a sign that a recession may well begin in the current quarter. William Simon, chief of the Federal Energy Office, said that he expects that the energy crisis could wipe out upwards of 1.8 million jobs. If so, that would add about two percentage points to the present 4.9% unemployment rate...
...Cambridge to M.I.T. to Caltech have been programmed to play Life, sometimes to the chagrin of those in charge of the costly machines. Martin Gardner tells of one computer specialist who has a special panic button under his desk: whenever a supervisor comes into the room, the specialist can wipe the display screen clean; later, after the supervisor has left, the computer can reach into its memory and pick up the game exactly where it left off. Nor are Americans or Britons the only ones addicted. Gardner has gotten inquiries about Life from as far off as Moscow, New Delhi...