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Though there are no documented cases of wild bison infecting cattle with brucellosis (which causes cows to abort their calves), Montana in 1985 decided to fight the disease by letting hunters kill bison that wandered out of Yellowstone National Park. The tactic aroused a national outcry. In the worst slaughter, two winters ago, hunters killed 569 of the park's 2,700 bison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunting: They Still Shoot Bison | 10/15/1990 | See Source »

...scene hints strongly enough at the incestuous relationship between the two that its eventual revelation is no revelation at all. The suspense is not unbearble; the slow, sure and gruesome arrival at it is. We watch Chrissy reject a mother who attempted to abort her and favor a father responsible for her innumerable personal and sexual problems...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: A Little Boom Boom and Brutality | 7/13/1990 | See Source »

...surprisingly, Lt. Gov. Evelyn Murphy--who has trumpeted throughout her political career her unconditional support for a woman's right to abort her fetus--immediately attacked his "outrage," and the two have been snarling at each other ever since...

Author: By Kristine M. Zaleskas, | Title: The Real Right to Choose | 4/17/1990 | See Source »

...pilot tried to abort the takeoff for an unknown reason, said Kathleen Bergen, spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration in New York. The plane had been delayed from a 7:30 p.m. scheduled departure, CBS reported...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Jet Down in N.Y. Harbor; Three of 62 Known Dead | 9/21/1989 | See Source »

...midst of the busy summer travel season. The Air Transport Association, an industry trade group, reported that U.S. carriers are facing a serious shortage of mechanics even as demand for them is growing. Meanwhile, as if to point up the understaffing in the hangars, several airlines were forced to abort flights because of mechanical problems...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Needs Work: Too few jet mechanics, too many breakdowns | 8/21/1989 | See Source »

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