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9 picks · 1962–1983

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II-THE LAW OF THE SEA
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the concluding sessions of the Third U.N. Conference on the Law of the Sea, which ended last December. The treaty produced by the …

I-THE LAW OF THE SEA
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea, which came to an end last winter after 9 years of deliberations, when …

EXPLORER III-SOME GREAT OVERRIDING PROCESS
profiles ·

PROFILE of Maurice Ewing, marine geophysicist. Gives brief outline of geologic theories of the past, & describes Wegener's continental drift theory, …

EXPLORER
profiles ·

PROFILE of the late William Maurice Ewing (1906-1974), marine geophysicist, who founded the Lamont Geological Observatory in 1949. Tells about his lifelong…

EXPLORER I-A BRUTAL FACT
profiles ·

PROFILE of the late William Maurice Ewing (1906-1974), marine geophysicist, who founded the Lamont Geological Observatory in 1949. It has since become the …

A SMALL SPILL
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about the damage done by an oil spill, not far from West Falmouth Harbor at Cape Cod, Mass. It took place on Sept. 15, 1969 when a tug & …

THE SANDY HOOK PILOTS.
a reporter at large ·

A REPORTER AT LARGE about New York harbor pilots. There are two sorts. One is the docking pilot, who boards a large ship near her pier, and, commanding one…

Five Minutes Before Sleep
fiction ·

A young man enumerates the objects in a room at a summer place in Maine. He has slept in this room every summer of his life. This is the last time because …

A PROBLEM OF IDENTITY.
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about dropouts at Harvard College. These are students who, at some stage of their undergraduate careers leave class, either voluntarily, …