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Word: disposall (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Daley became a precinct captain at 21, rose to Cook County party chairman in 1953. With more than 25,000 jobs at his disposal, he quickly learned to use patronage. When he won the mayoralty two years later, he insisted on keeping his party job, which cemented his power. Ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: The Man Who Made Chicago Work | 1/3/1977 | See Source »

The Secret Service was also distressed by Carter's insistence on using a small air-charter service in his home town of Plains for short hops, instead of the far more secure (and far more expensive) Army helicopters that are at his disposal. The owner of the charter service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Nation: Resisting the 'State and Pomp' | 12/6/1976 | See Source »

IN THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNETS, the trivial assumes the guise of seriousness: a man's name takes on more significance than his character, a good profile is equated with good principles and the allocation of food--in this case, muffins and cucumber sandwiches--becomes a major social issue. It...

Author: By Julia M. Klein, | Title: Earnestness Without Style; 'I Speak, Therefore I Am' | 11/4/1976 | See Source »

The Somerville Saves program now collects about 25 per cent of all the beverage containers in the city. Based upon the experience of Vermont and Oregon, where similar bills were passed, we can expect of 90 per cent of the beverage containers in the city to be returned if the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Answering Question Six | 11/2/1976 | See Source »

While Allied was given the maximum penalty allowed under the law-an 1899 federal statute governing waste disposal in rivers and 1972 amendments to the Federal Water Pollution Control Act-the judge suspended all but $25,000 of the multimillion dollar fines he gave two owners of Life Science, and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLLUTION: $13 Million Reminder | 10/18/1976 | See Source »

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