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The statement was a thinly disguised promise to fire on any Argentine ships inside the 200-mile limit. Later, Thatcher increased the pressure by ordering a second, smaller flotilla to leave for the Falklands. Along with support vessels, the new force included the Atlantic Conveyor, an 18,000-ton container...
Life on Earth is a series of miracles, some familiar and some so strange as to sound like a tale told by a space traveler returning from a distant galaxy. On the more bizarre side there are the Cycloranas, the water-holding frogs of the Australian desert. Their active life...
The new law, which will take effect in January 1983, is similar to those already on the books in Oregon (1972), Vermont (1973), Maine (1978), Michigan (1979), Iowa (1979), Connecticut (1980) and scheduled next summer for the state of Delaware. Consumers in Massachusetts will be required to pay a deposit...
And why not? Despite dire predictions, the experience of the states that have enacted them shows clearly that bottle bills work. Oregon, though it never has had a serious litter problem, is now virtually free of beverage litter. Vermont highway officials reckon that roadside container rubbish has been cut down...
The Iowa department of transportation estimates that in one year their law cut the volume of container trash by 64%. Connecticut officials are just as enthusiastic. "It's wonderful," said Rocky Neck State Park Manager Albert Millane. "Normally this time of year, we'd find thousands and thousands...