Word: dumps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Supporters of the initiative are touring 50 towns and toxic dump sites before election day to lobby for support of Question 4. Fresh Pond was stop 21 on the group's "Toxic Tour...
Massachusetts currently has 2,700 confirmed toxic dump sites and 2,500 more sites are suspected to be contaminated. Only two of these sites have been cleaned up in the past 18 months, according to Matthew L. Wilson, director of the Massachusetts Campaign to clean Up Hazardous Waste...
Although conventional wisdom holds that voters base their choice on the person at the top of the ticket, this year's vice-presidential candidates are attracting plenty of attention. Just three months ago, a number of Republicans ( urged President Bush to dump Quayle because he was perceived as a serious drag on the G.O.P. ticket. But Quayle hung on, gave a well-received speech at the Houston convention, and has since waged an energetic campaign. Gore's choice as the Clinton running mate was widely applauded, and the young Southerners have developed a remarkable campaign synergy that many feel...
Since vanity and taste are with us always, TIME asked top designers for their daydreams of a half-century hence. Christian Lacroix and visionary film director Tim Burton favor technology to overcome environment. Donna Karan merges clothing with communications gear. Geoffrey Beene believes that men will dump the suit -- as he already has. Giorgio Armani, noting that the basic 1940s outline is still chic, plumps for his easy elegant styles, be they last year's or next millennium...
...that puts a growing strain on the health-care system. Private cars give us unprecedented mobility but swell the volume of traffic to the point of gridlock. In the course of enjoying the delights of consumption, we generate so much garbage that we are running out of places to dump...