Word: acidic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fallen into the hands of a small, arrogant faction dedicated to bringing our society to a halt." Although he patiently listened to conservationists make their pitches to his Energy Department, he also helped kill a proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency under William Ruckelshaus to take some action against acid rain, rather than just study the problem. Complains Ben Beach, a spokesman for the Wilderness Society: "He's got Watt's philosophy and Clark's likable personality--a dangerous combination...
Ludwigshafen, Germany, July 28,1948. A railway car transporting dimethylether, used in making acetic acid and dimethylsulfate, to the I.G. Farben chemical plant, exploded inside the factory gates. The blast and resulting fire killed 207 people and injured...
...League of Conservation Voters. "But," she concedes, "when he wasn't busy defending bad policies, he was working hard to improve them." Environmental groups complained that the toxic-waste program, while freed of favoritism, still moved much too slowly. Ruckelshaus urged action to reduce the impact of acid rain, but when he was overruled by the White House, he stoutly defended the Administration's decision merely to order more studies of the problem. Critics also note that Ruckelshaus opposed early renewal of the $1.6 billion waste-cleanup superfund. "He leaves almost nothing of permanence as a legacy," says...
...sliver of glass that had lodged in her small intestine; in a private clinic; in London. Collins was in the British capital with other members of the National Governors' Association on the first leg of a ten-day European trip to study the effects of acid rain; her husband suggested that the glass she swallowed may have been in a meal she ate while aboard a Pan American World Airways jet en route to England. Pan Am said that it strongly doubted that this could have happened. She is in good condition but is expected to remain...
COMPARING MIKE ROYKO and Andy Rooney is like comparing a lime to a pumpkin. A lime is a sophisticated citrus fruit: full of acid, yet capable of sweetness as well as tart; a lime's proper home is in a drink on a bar. Chicago-based journalist Mike Royko's columns are sophisticated, too--well-crafted, balanced deliciously between tart satire and sweet comedy, and discussed, discovered and sittiated often in bars...