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...subjecting all urine that shows signs of drug use to further, more sophisticated examination. But those retests can cost $100 each, and many employers may not want to pay the price. The cost of administering such tests to even a sampling of 10% of the total labor force would exceed $1 billion. Nonetheless, testing seems certain to continue its explosive growth for months and perhaps years to come, if only because so many people are stumped for any other way to check drug abuse...
...some 123 B-52s have been equipped with cruise missiles capable of hitting the Soviet Union in a nuclear strike. When the Air Force finishes sticking a pod of the missiles on the 131st bomber, the U.S. will exceed the limits imposed by the 1979 SALT II treaty. Some Air Force officials had initially suggested that the limit would be passed about mid-November, before the two superpower leaders might have picked up where they left off at last year's Geneva summit...
...defects resulted from her use of Ortho-Gynol jelly. Most scientists have found the product safe, and the company, which is appealing, insists it has no plans to remove its foams and gels from the market. But, says Ortho's James Murray, "if the costs of litigation begin to exceed earnings, we couldn't very well continue...
...Pentagon continued plans to equip B-52 bombers with cruise missiles at a pace that would break the unratified SALT II treaty limits by mid-November. The defense budget passed by the House of Representatives, however, would cut off money for any weapons that would cause the U.S. to exceed SALT II weapons levels. The House also demanded a halt to any nuclear testing above the level of a single kiloton...
Cambridge almost never forecloses on a buildingunless the taxes owed on it exceed the property'sworth, said Philip Cyr, a city financial official.The club's debt of $135,000 to the city totalsonly a fraction of the building's $1 millionvalue...