Word: dump
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...chemicals were no problem. But by 1976, after years of abnormally heavy rain, the chemicals, leaking from corroded containers, began to rise. Pools, some bubbling like witches' cauldrons, appeared in low-lying backyards; fumes seeped into cellars. So far, more than 80 chemicals have been found in the dump site itself. At least ten have been identified in homes bordering the old canal, seven of them known to cause cancer in animals. One, benzene, has been linked to leukemia in humans. Women living in the area have suffered 50% more miscarriages than would be expected. There is also...
They need help but where is it to come from? The Hooker Corp., which violated no laws at the time it was dumping, has helped to finance the investigation and the construction of a ditch to drain the dump, but acknowledges no liability for damages. City officials are unsure of their power to clean up what is, for the most part, private property...
...granted, must provide satisfactory service or face CAB sanctions. Under the White House plan, the airlines would be free to start or stop service wherever they liked. Some small communities that have already lost their rail service would probably be deserted as well by the airlines, which would dump marginal and money-losing routes. The biggest lines would have an advantage over smaller ones because they could concentrate their vast fleets on the most lucrative markets. They could also use their financial muscle to set rates at such low levels that weaker lines would be forced to fold...
...Country Wife is one of his better plays, some say the best. The plot revolves around a professional rake named Horner, who with the help of his doctor, Quack, convinces the men of London society that he is impotent. Led by Sir Jaspar Fidget, these men of court eagerly dump their wives on Horner in the hopes that his "harmless" company will keep them away from young swains who would sooner cuckold a husband than look at one. Naturally, Horner spends the rest of the play leaping in and out of bed after he informs the eager wives...
...shares with Britain and Italy, is that an economic group dominated by the West Germans would end up with conservative fiscal and monetary policies that would severely limit economic growth. Another fear is that the ECU, once established, would invite speculators and governments from Togo to Turkey to dump dollars for the ECU currencies, thus bringing more downward pressure on the dollar. Economist Robert Triffin, a U.S. monetary expert who has long championed a European currency, believes that it would help rather than hurt the dollar's stability in the long run. The final form of the common European...