Word: canale
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After China will come the debate on SALT II, probably the most crucial item of business this session. To a considerable extent, the outcome depends on the attitude of Byrd and Senate Minority Leader Howard Baker, who together engineered the victory for the Panama Canal Treaties. Baker, in particular, is a question mark because he is in trouble with his party's right wing for supporting the canal pact. Notes Nevada Senator Paul
Ever since the early 19th century, citizens of Alabama and Tennessee have periodically urged the Federal Government to build a waterway linking the Tennessee and Tombigbee rivers. Such a canal would provide a direct outlet to the Gulf of Mexico for all the barge traffic in the Ohio River Basin and southern Appalachia. After years of studies and debates, Congress finally authorized the Tenn-Tom project in 1946, and after 2½ decades more of planning and preparation, construction began in 1972. Today the project is still only one-quarter complete, leaving a deep gash in the countryside that looks...
...American Conservative Union, meanwhile, has been mobilizing grass-roots opposition. It has produced a 30-minute anti-SALT film that so far has been shown on 209 television stations. ACU plans to commit far more to fighting SALT than the $1 million it spent in vain on the Panama Canal struggle. Says one Administration official: "Compared with SALT II, passing the Panama Canal treaties was playing tiddlywinks...
...planning to ambush him on China when he asks for legislation to establish a budget for an embassy in Peking. They also will challenge his request for measures to alter the cultural and economic ties between the U.S. and Taiwan. In addition, Carter will reopen in part the Panama Canal debate when he requests legislation to carry out the terms of the treaties signed last year to turn control of the canal over to Panama by the year 2000. On both China and Panama, however, the Administration is confident of eventual victory...
Hemorrhoids are a swelling of veins in the rectum and anal canal. These vessels can become so distended that they protrude, rupture and bleed. If piles develop near sensitive nerve endings, they can be extremely painful. No one is quite sure just what starts the swelling, but heredity seems to play an important role. Says Dr. Norman Nigro, chief of colon and rectal surgery at Detroit's Wayne State University: "Hemorrhoids run in families. People inherit veins that are apt to become dilated." Habit may also be a factor, including the "bathroom as library" syndrome. Explains Los Angeles Proctologist...