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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...whites is that the Chippewas use gill nets, which are wide-mesh devices that also trap and kill lake trout and coho salmon. Both are among the game fish that Michigan spends $1.6 million a year to stock in its waters. Whites fear that Chippewa gill netters will clean out the trout and cohos, and destroy the state's $350 million-a-year sport-fishing industry. Myrl Keller, a state fish biologist, calls the Indians' use of the nets a "malicious, wasteful mode of fishing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Chippewas Want Their Rights | 11/26/1979 | See Source »

...exempted from regulation more than half of all hazardous wastes--some tens of thousands of substances known to cause birth defects, mutations, radiation poisoning and infectious diseases. Branch chief Sanjour observes, "Whereas previously these wastes may have been disposed of inadequately and secretly, they can soon (thanks to a clean bill of health from EPA) be disposed of inadequately and openly." He concludes, "The actions taken by EPA are, quite simply, illegal...

Author: By Leonard H. Shen, | Title: The Politics of Pollution | 11/21/1979 | See Source »

During the warm-ups before the Crimson's game against UMass in the semifinals Saturday, Scalise teased the booters about getting their uniforms muddy. When some of the players complained jokingly that it wasn't fair that he got to stay clean, Scalise told them, "If we win this game I'll get myself muddier than...

Author: By Nell Scovell, | Title: Rolling With Laughter | 11/14/1979 | See Source »

With heating, mercury lights bright enough to perform surgery under, a new, expanded ice surface, more comfortable and plentiful seating, and a modern, clean design, the new Harvard facility brings the Crimson a much-needed, spacious home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A Bright, New Hockey Home | 11/13/1979 | See Source »

Some of Chrysler's deficits result from the high cost of meeting clean air standards and fuel efficiency requirements. But it was the gas shortages of last spring that triggered Chrysler's ruinous 1979 sales slump (indeed, recently Ford and General Motors have also been losing money on their U.S. operations). Yet the fundamental problem has been poor management; Chrysler has consistently failed to come up with enough models that sell well, and its share of the U.S. auto market has slumped from 14% three years ago to 11% now. The firm's total indebtedness, including that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Big Loss, Bigger Bailout | 11/12/1979 | See Source »

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