Word: buffalo
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...week at the miracle that was falling from the skies and discovered-could it be?-yes, the substance was snow, the first ever reported there. Since mid-November, pedestrians in Dallas, unaccustomed to such hazards, have been slipping on sleet-slicked sidewalks. Meanwhile, a series of blizzards has smothered Buffalo this winter with an astonishing 126.6 in. of snow...
Most parts of the Middle Atlantic region have had to grow accustomed to the hard realities of economic stagnation, which set in before the national recession and is likely to survive it. In Philadelphia, Buffalo, Newark and even the affluent suburbs, talk soon turns to unemployment. There are jobs to be had, as any newspaper's want ads demonstrate, but only about half as many as were offered ten years ago. One reason that many of the jobs are going begging is that some unemployed people can afford to be choosy about work. For instance, in New York, dishwashing...
...chemical was dangerous. In 1973 and 1974, while the EPA was evaluating leptophos, it received repeated warnings from scientists that the compound was neurotoxic, or capable of causing nerve damage in test animals. One report from Egypt linked the pesticide to the deaths of some 1,200 water buffalo, and a study from an EPA laboratory showed that it could cause leg weakness and paralysis in fowl. Yet it was not until 1975 that the agency acted to ban the import into the U.S. of foods containing any traces of leptophos...
...BUFFALO BILL AND THE INDIANS. Robert Altman's shaggy dog meditation on celebrity and how it befuddles its victims. The ending is flawed, but Paul Newman (as the title showman) and a fine supporting cast make the journey to it highly rewarding...
Over at Neiman-Marcus, Santa's Dallas helpers noted that Bicentennial and bison had bisyllabic echoes, so why not make this the Year of the Buffalo? They have. In honor of Bicen bison and togetherness, N-M is offering a small herd of trophies ranging from rolls of 40 uncirculated buffalo nickels-minted in 1938, the last year the bison was seen on coins-at $450 each, to "nearly lifesize" stuffed synthetic bison for $700. The boffo gift for buffalo buffs: live male and female calves ($11,750 the pair) from "the first certified 100% pure-bred buffalo herd...