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...York's Adirondack Mountains, 212 of the 2,200 lakes and ponds are acidic, dead and fishless. Acid rain has killed aquatic life in at least 10% of New England's 226 largest fresh-water lakes. On Cape Cod in Massachusetts, fishery biologists have stopped restocking eight of the area's top ten fishing ponds because the waters are too acidic for young trout to survive in; the onslaught has spurred experimentation with new breeds of acid-resistant fish...
...when it came to getting the politically potent missile off the ground, Murphy's law prevailed. At its debut last July at Cape Canaveral, Fla., the first-stage motor malfunctioned, and after 17 seconds the missile exploded. The motor was redesigned, and a new version installed. At the second test, at White Sands on Nov. 4, the signal to turn on the missile's on-board batteries failed, promptly shutting down the Pershing and keeping it earthbound. Strike 3 came on Nov. 13 at White Sands, when an electrical connection blew out, and the test was postponed while...
...they watched, a 71-ft. fishing boat called Tiki X unloaded its cargo: 30 tons of pot. By dawn's light, police had arrested 26 men; all were later charged with drug trafficking and conspiracy to violate state narcotics laws. The next morning, about 400 miles southeast of Cape Cod, a Coast Guard cutter intercepted the Biscayne Freeze, a 240-ft. freighter registered in Panama. After firing five rounds from a .50-cal. machine gun across the Biscayne Freeze's bow, ten men boarded the ship, found 31 tons of pot aboard and arrested the crew, including...
...Many memorial were dedicated to the slain leader," according to Freidel. Cape Canaveral in Florida, for example, was renamed in his honor and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library was established for his public papers and effects...
...flight last Thursday morning began just as flawlessly, lifting off about half a second early. Carrying a four-man crew, double the number on previous missions, the spacecraft remained visible for more than 3 min. as it rose on its pillars of fire into a cloudless sky over Cape Canaveral, undeterred by 90-m.p.h. winds. On the last mission, in July, Columbia's big strap-on solid-fuel booster rockets sank into the sea. This time, after separating from their mother ship, they drifted gently to earth under their large parachutes and stayed afloat for later recovery...