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...reality, the strike had fizzled out. Despite spot shortages of produce in several areas, the protest did not markedly disrupt commerce. "I don't think anyone missed a loaf of bread, an orange or an apple," said Ed Bacon, president of Louisiana's Motor Transportation Association. Concluded Massachusetts Produce Wholesaler Chris Rodes: "It was a very minor inconvenience." The violence and vandalism that in the end left one person dead and at least 66 others injured dropped sharply last week, and truck traffic levels crept back to normal in most states. By week's end police...
...uncertain what Gemayel will do with the report once Germanos delivers it to him. The Phalangist militia men still make up the most powerful Lebanese military force, and they operate as a law unto themselves. Gemayel's relationship with them is strained, and they have the power to disrupt his government...
...cherished fight song, Hail to the Redskins, played for a galling time at his sufferance. So half-time shows joined the area of dispute. One Sunday early on, commandos from Dallas, or maybe Fort Worth, smuggled scores of chickens into the Washington stadium as part of a scheme to disrupt the marching band. Though the chickens were discovered in time, and distributed to needy families in turn, the incident left a bitter taste...
...report issued by the society, Physicist Larry Medsker of the New Jersey Institute of Technology surveys nine renewable energy sources and finds that all have potentially unwelcome, occasionally even hazardous, side effects. The burning of wood can deplete forests and increase air pollution. Building towers to harness wind may disrupt wildlife habitats and the migratory flights of birds. Fires in homes with photovoltaic cells can result in the release of noxious fumes. And direct use of the sun could add to urban sprawl since collection devices are not as efficient in high-rise apartments as they are in small houses...
...missionaries even allow male converts who have more than one wife to retain their spouses. The Dillingers reason that to banish all but the first wife would disrupt the tribal culture and cause prostitution. Unmarried converts, however, may take only one wife after joining the church...