Word: chested
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Many political observers feel that New York Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo's 68.4% approval rating, national stature and $8 million campaign chest make him all but invincible as he prepares to run for re-election this year. State Republicans, fearing that Cuomo may also be a strong presidential candidate in 1988, have been courting an unlikely contender who they think could at least bloody, if not beat, the Governor. Last week Henry Kissinger, former Secretary of State in the Nixon and Ford Administrations, allowed that Republican leaders had urged him to run, and that he was actually engaged...
...once popular fire retardant used in everything from clothes to building materials, asbestos is estimated to cause between 3,300 and 12,000 deaths in the U.S. each year from lung cancer, mesothelioma (a rare cancer of the chest and abdominal lining) and asbestosis (a degenerative lung disease). Last week the Environmental Protection Agency finally proposed a program to phase out all use of the carcinogenic mineral within ten years. Agency experts calculate that the ban would save some 1,900 lives during the next 15 years. "I believe there can be no debate about the health risks of asbestos...
Marcos enjoys several significant advantages even before the balloting begins. His K.B.L. Party has a campaign war chest of $160 million, six times the amount Corazon Aquino and Laurel have at their disposal. Marcos commands the armed forces, whose troops serve as peacekeepers, and he appoints the Commission on Elections. Most important, perhaps, the President and his supporters own all five television stations in the country, and have imposed a virtual blackout on coverage of the Aquino campaign...
...proud to wear Harvard across our chest," Roby says. "No doubt about...
...grates were harmless enough to look at. Like bicycle racks or bar-becue grills. They weren't very cleverly constructed, however. A bum could stick his legs through, hang his head down, reach with his fingers, press with his chest. But it must have played hell on a poor man's posture...