Word: environmental
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Neither candidate, however, has stepped forward with a water policy to address this country's problems. Vice President George Bush has had a field day maligning Boston Harbor; but this is more a media ploy than a strong commitment to preserve the existence and qualityir of water resources. Gov. Michael...
Although Dukakis' proposal to create a Environment Department is well-intentioned, it has possible drawbacks, particularly with respect to water resources. A maze of agencies, councils, committees and departments with some authority in water issues already exists to create a poorly integrated administrative structure--one sharply criticized in the K...
"Their goal is below any soil sample you could take in an urban environment," he said, describing their standards as "a serious problem."
But environmentalists have said the new program is crucial to the cleanup of the environment and to the health of Massachusetts' citizens.
Moreover, 1988 has become the Year of the Handler partly because of the great voids this time. Among them: the lack of visceral issues to shape the campaign, the absence of a commanding personality on either ticket, and the fuzziness of the national mood on both economic and foreign policy...