Word: bayed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...often, chemical companies deliberately poison the environment. Beginning in 1966, Allied Chemical dumped tons of the banned pesticide Kepone into the James River for several years, ending fishing in the entire river and its tributaries all the way to the Chesapeake Bay. Abetted by government regulators lacking both the resources and the inclination to monitor it, the chemical industry's corner-cutting has had disastrous effects on the food supply of the United States...
...government does not, however, miss opportunities to promote a Marxist interpretation of the island's past. Signs describing Morro Castle, a 17th century fortress in Santiago Bay and now a pirate museum, link piracy with present-day imperialism, which, they claim, is more pervasive and insidious. In addition to the rhetoric, the government offers financial incentives, such as the promise of a new car, to encourage Cubans to participate in revolutions in Nicarauga and Africa...
...Tampa Bay 21, Green Bay...
...brilliantly sunny, almost windless day at the little fishing village of Mullaghmore overlooking Donegal Bay on Ireland's northwest coast. Lord Louis Mountbatten, 79, the distinguished war hero, diplomat and elder statesman of Britain's royal family, was summering as usual at his turreted stone castle, Classiebawn, in the green hills. Dressed in faded corduroys and rough pullover, Mountbatten was a beloved and folksy figure around Mullaghmore, where he had vacationed for 35 years. He could sometimes be seen standing knee-deep in the waters offshore, fishing for shrimp, and occasionally took local children for a ride...
...board of directors of the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) is scheduled to vote this morning on an agreement which would give Harvard about $1 million in exchange for contruction necessitated by the extension of the Red Line through Harvard Square...