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...When I first read about the conspiracy, I thought the whole thing was kind of funny-the idea of blowing up heating ducts and running off with Henry Kissinger. Well, our foreign policy has kind of gone down the drain since then...
...save the SST (unsuccessful). When the housing industry slumped in the late 1960s, home builders pressured the Government to increase subsidies greatly; under the present Administration, the number of federally assisted housing starts has jumped 150%, to almost 400,000. After passenger rail service had become a hopeless drain on profit, Congress last year relieved the railroads of that burden by creating Amtrak, the Government-sponsored rail corporation...
...kinds. For this he might pay a fee as high as $20 and then a subscription of perhaps $5 a month. Though the cable companies could not hope to compete with the networks in news coverage or expensive entertainment shows, the broadcasters have looked upon cable as a potential drain on their advertising revenues and a challenge to their monopoly of the air waves. Since the broadcasters have one of the most effective lobbies in Washington, cable has been generally restricted to rural areas and to urban centers where cable is often necessary for a clear signal. So far, cable...
...great fun. Not surprisingly, they kept reporting new traces of the mysterious nymph. Last week Patupis proposed to capitalize on Eucla's newfound notoriety by building a vast tourist complex, complete with gambling casino. After all, he reasoned, "we must not let this worldwide publicity go down the drain...
...factors are interlocked. Human population cannot grow without food for sustenance. Since just about all the globe's best land is already under cultivation, farm production can rise only through use of tractors, fertilizers, pesticides -all products of industry. But more industrial output not only demands a heavier drain on natural resources that are scarce even now; it also creates more pollution. And pollution ultimately interferes with the growth of both population and food...