Word: deposited
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Each agency selected material from its archives for Kennedy Library deposit," he said. "I don't know who made the selections, what their motivations were, or anything else...
...week to the day in which Santore and the Brazilian consul to Uruguay were kidnapped by the Tupamaros. The Tupamaros operate with both efficiency and care. They brandish guns but don't use them. The "expropriate" cars and their owners for their operations, but leave the owners unharmed and deposit the cars scattered over the city when they no longer need them. They make it clear that they will kill if necessary but they are also smart enough to realize that their ends are not served by the wanton destruction of either lives or property...
...returnable beverage bottle has become a sort of industrial relic. So has that once hallowed implement to puncture beer cans, the "church key." But their more convenient replacements-the no-deposit, no-return bottle and the pull-tab can-are now too much in evidence. Americans annually gulp the contents of some 40 billion bottles and 50 billion cans. The one-time-only use results in massive littering...
...effort to stem the litter-tide, Oregon last October became the first state to ban all no-deposit, no-return bottles, and cans with pop tops. Oregonians must now pay a 2? to 10? deposit on beer and soft-drink containers. A total of 37 other states-including California-are considering similar legislation. Before they act, however, they must consider a practical question: Does Oregon's law work...
...roaring success," says Oregon Governor Tom McCall. He points to a three-month-long survey of receptacles along 25 selected roads and highways which found 75% fewer cans and bottles than usual. McCall's conclusion: even relatively affluent Americans will return containers to claim the deposit. The container and bottling industries disagree, contending that, despite the law, the number of discarded empties has actually increased. Moreover, the manufacturers say, Oregon's law is needlessly hurting industry...