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...water discharged will not exceed 500 million gallons, and the cost, not to exceed $5000, will be borne by Newton, Waltham, Cambridge, Boston, Wellesley, Weston and Watertown...
...though trafficking in gold is a capital offense in Russia. When guards were posted and a fence erected around one Siberian mine, production immediately rose 25%. Lax discipline in the mines prompted the Communist Party's Central Committee a few months ago to call on the miners to "exceed output goals and reduce production costs." The exhortation reflected the Soviet Union's growing recognition that so long as Russian agriculture remains disjointed and inefficient, the country's surest breadbasket is its rich gold mines...
...this man, Tarasov's inquisitiveness seemed to exceed the requirements of journalism, and he confided his suspicions to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Baiting their trap with a harmless but official-looking document, the police let the government man trade it to Tarasov for cash...
...harden his point, Blough went on to announce that U.S. Steel would forthwith trim 12% to 14% from the prices of some types of wire and rods. Reason: stiff competition from cut-price European producers, whose steel shipments to the U.S. will exceed 6,000,000 tons this year...
Wheat & Beef. Though Argentina is still troubled by inflation and foreign debt, the dynamics of its basically rich wheat-and-beef economy are carrying the country along. Exports this year are expected to exceed imports by $350 million to $600 million-from bumper wheat and meat sales to Western Europe and Red China. Going for Illia are premium beef prices and one of the best wheat crops in history. In La Pampa province alone, wheat farmers this season have harvested 796,000 tons v. 5,300 tons during last year's searing drought. At long last, the cost...