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Only three days after the ban, thousands of Panamanians defiantly took to the streets of the capital. Their demand: dump General Noriega, who is not only the country's military commander but its de facto dictator. The government responded with determination. As helicopters monitored events from ! above, hundreds of riot police fanned out through the streets, controlling the crowds with nightsticks, tear gas and volleys of bird shot. Several people were hurt, none of them seriously. As the government digested the latest threat to its authority, concern was growing in Washington that one of the closest U.S. allies...
Under federal law, all states must establish low-level waste sites or have access to regional dumps by 1992. So far, only the Californians are enthusiastic, but that may change as other towns recognize the opportunities. Without the dump, observes Louis Clark of the Baker Valley News, "all our kids have to look forward to is pumping gas and washing dishes...
These and other departing companies have been under enormous pressure to get out of South Africa. Shareholder groups threatened to dump their stock, while states, cities and counties vowed to deny them contracts and customers pledged to boycott their products. South Africa's political unrest and sluggish economy have also been deterrents to doing business. The resolve of some firms to remain in South Africa weakened two weeks ago when the Rev. Leon Sullivan, who in 1977 wrote a widely accepted set of principles governing responsible investment in South Africa, advocated total corporate withdrawal from the country. He called...
...Canterbury Tales, and it still seems none the worse for wear. Bellow's contribution to this hoary tale lies in Kenneth's fumbling, long-winded ^ attempts to get it told. "I take very little pleasure in theories," he announces at the beginning, "and I'm not going to dump ideas on you." After incessant theorizing and idea dumping, he confesses toward the end, "As is evident by now, I have a weakness for the big issues...
...chanting "He must go!" and listening to local politicians denounce Singleton. Said Mayor George Livingston: "My suggestion would be to put him on the barge where that garbage is and let him float away from here," referring to the hapless Long Island vessel that has been searching for a dump site up and down the Atlantic and Gulf coasts...