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...University has embarked on solutions to other environmental problems. The presence of asbestos in many Harvard buildings prompted a major effort at William James Hall to remove and seal off insulation. Harvard discovered the problem and took some corrective measures; experts brought in by Harvard say the University's clean-up has largely worked. While many Harvard buildings may contain unsafe levels of asbestos, the University has shown a willingness to address the problem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Clean Harvard's Act | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

...environment, Dukakis implemented one of the country's strongest toxic waste clean-up programs and fought for safety controls at the Seabrook nuclear power plant. While Dukakis opposed offshore oil drilling, there is little hope that former oilman Bush will. As head of Reagan's task force on Regulatory Relief, Bush led the administration's effort to cut regulations on air polluion, toxic waste and curbing use of lead gasoline...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dukakis for President | 11/7/1988 | See Source »

...most populous of the country's 15 republics. Vitali Vorotnikov, 62, premier of the Russian Republic (population: 144 million), was kicked upstairs into the presidency, making way for Alexander Vlasov, 56, a Gorbachev protege, to succeed him. As Interior Minister of the U.S.S.R., Vlasov had overseen a massive clean-up of the corruption-riddled police force. Now, with changes under way in the KGB, Gorbachev must decide who will replace Vlasov...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Perestroika Hits the KGB | 10/17/1988 | See Source »

Leonid Abalkin, director of the economic institute of Moscow's Academy of Sciences, blames bureaucratic mistakes, a drop in energy prices and even high clean-up costs after the Chernobyl nuclear accident for the lack of progress. But he also points a finger at the "inconsistency, indecisiveness and halfway measures" that pervade the reform program, largely as a result of compromises with conservative foot-draggers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Communism Too Far, Too Fast? | 10/10/1988 | See Source »

While Zewinski said the DEQE is too strict, environmentalists criticize the state agency for not moving fast enough on the clean-up program...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: HRE Calls Cleanup Program Too Strict | 10/4/1988 | See Source »

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