Word: dust
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...SHEER NUMBER OF LAWS that govern the United States has gotten out of control during this century. Most legislators and the vast majority of ordinary citizens are baffled by the stupendous maze of red tape, obscure statutes and dust-ridden amendments that comprise the federal system of laws and determine the way the nation runs. A prime example is the United States Criminal Code, a confusing profusion of laws that determine what is illegal in the eyes of the federal government and how many years a crime can land you in the slammer. Americans on all sides of the political...
...thick with smoke that the people in back could hardly see the district president up front. As the debate wore on, miners from time to time slipped out into the raw morning air to spit out tobacco juice-a habit they acquire to get rid of the coal dust they inhale in the mines. The gesture may also have expressed their feelings about the contract. "If Carter says this contract's a fair shake," said one miner, "they can take that peanut farmer back to Georgia and bury him." Terry Stay, 23, a former social worker who became...
Colonel dead, And the regiment blind with dust...
...ECAC playoffs are Providence, Brown, Boston College and Boston University. The first three of these teams were the seventh, sixth, and fifth seeds in the ECAC tourney and they pulled off big upsets. Cornell had to eat it on their home ice against Providence. Clarkson bit the dust in Potsdam, New York, losing to Brown (a team the Crimson beat twice this year). And B.C. took it to R.P.I. in overtime, 7-6. The only seed in the first half of the standings to make it into the semi-finals...
Other victims of industrial toxic poisoning have not been so fortunate. A Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation that uses asbestos to manufacture fire-resistant industrial sleeves was closed in 1972 for numerous health violations. Asbestos dust was so thick in the air that it was often impossible to see across the 200-foot wide plant interior. Asbestos covered the floor and the meal tables. Plant ventilators were clogged with the dust...