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...result, when the Tehran mob broke traditional standards of international law and took the embassy occupants hostage, America felt powerless to respond. To avoid such embarassing nuisances in the future, the Pentagon's friends in Congress argue, the U.S. must develop a "quick-strike force" able to dump a motorized division anywhere in the Third World within 60 days. Congress approved such a force two years ago, but it took the Iran crisis to convince the White House to finance...
...Trak costs about $43, and a dump trailer available separately costs $13. For pacifists who disapprove of Big Trak's flashing cannon, Fundimensions of Mount Clemens, Mich., makes a similar programmable beach buggy...
...most important omens for the future of the lakes is the sharp reduction in the amount of phosphorus dumped into them. A 1972 U.S.-Canadian agreement lowered the levels of phosphates that municipalities were allowed to dump into the water, and most towns along the shores and on rivers emptying into the lakes are well on their way toward meeting those requirements. The significant exception is the city of Detroit; it continues to dump three times the permissible levels into the Detroit River, which flows into the western end of Lake Erie. One of the largest sources of the harmful...
Hefernon said airbound asbestos causes two deadly lung diseases, asbestosis and lung cancer. He added that EPA regulations require "an acceptable disposal site," such as a landfill area in a municipal dump...
However, Alexander added that the fees this dump charges to accept asbestos waste are now four times the rate for ordinary garbage...