Word: belaye
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Washington. Testifying before a Senate subcommittee chaired by Senator Edmund Muskie last week, Navy Secretary John H. Chafee frankly admitted that the dumpings violated "the spirit and intent of legislation signed by the President [the Envfronmental Protection Act of 1970] only eight months ago." The Navy, he promised, will belay such practices from now on. Still not impressed, Muskie called the Mayport foul-up "incredible," and added that it casts doubt on the Government's ability to enforce its own rules...