Word: coppers
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...mining gold in a remote area of Argentina. The Astrologer explains: "See? We'll lure the workers in with false promises and whip them to death if they won't work." Erdosain feels flattered to be included among the brains of this organization. His invention of a copper-plated rose, once perfected and put into production, will provide capital for the fledgling revolution, as will the string of bordellos the Astrologer plans to establish. Anticipating power, Erdosain dreams himself in a chamber at the bottom of the sea: "On the other side of the porthole, one-eyed sharks...
...growth of the bay area's population has been accompanied by the peril of pollution. The EPA found high concentrations of such heavy metals as copper, cadmium and lead in rivers flowing into the bay from Baltimore, Washington and other cities; high levels of organic compounds, including PCB's, Kepone and DDT, were detected in Pennsylvania and Virginia rivers that flow into...
...Congress for a law that would decree that most autos sold in the U.S. must be built primarily with American parts and labor. This so-called domestic-content legislation has passed the House of Representatives twice but faces opposition in the Republican-controlled Senate. Last month the steel and copper industries won judgments from the U.S. International Trade Commission that they had been seriously injured by imports. Within a few weeks, the commission will give its report to the Reagan Administration...
...steel and copper complaints were timed so that the President would have to decide what to do in the heat of an election campaign. Though Ronald Reagan claims to be a free trader at heart, he has supported quotas and other restraints on imports of autos, textiles, sugar, motorcycles and steel. Administration officials argue that these actions were political concessions necessary to prevent Congress from imposing even tighter restrictions on imports...
...decisions gave an unfortunate boost to protectionism and put President Reagan in an election-year bind. Sweeping restrictions would be against his own free-market principles, but a vote against steel and copper quotas could hurt at the polls. New import quotas could also cause problems abroad. Chile and Canada, the two largest U.S. suppliers of copper, lobbied strongly against cutbacks. Steel producers like Mexico and Brazil have already announced voluntary restraints on their exports to the U.S., and further reductions would aggravate their debt woes...