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...plus is that the numerous options in the bill give the industries flexibility in complying. Even pro-business Governor William F. Weld '66 supports the initiative. And given the dwindling amount of landfill room and the tendency of both landfills and incinerators to toxify, it makes sense to make excess packaging obsolete...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Ayes Have It: Yes, Yes, Yes and Yes | 11/3/1992 | See Source »

...large portion of the population pays for it and since the amount of the tax is visible to anyone who looks at the pump, the public can get an easy handle on the cost of "clean air." Thus, the democratic process gives you a built-in check against environmental excess...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Is Jendi Reiter Really Becoming a Liberal? | 10/31/1992 | See Source »

...plan? Attack Bill Clinton's plan," says one spot. A clip from Bush's attack ad is accompanied by a quotation from a newspaper that has criticized it ("Misleading," says the Washington Post). Clinton's proposal, the ad repeats, would increase taxes only for couples with incomes in excess...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ad Wars | 10/19/1992 | See Source »

Students who get less sleep are more likely to suffer from eating disorders to have disrupted eating patterns, and to be concerned about excess weight, according to a 1990 study published in Perceptual and Motor Skills journal...

Author: By Julie-ann R. Francis, CRIMSON STAFF REPORTER | Title: NO REST FOR THE WEARY | 10/13/1992 | See Source »

...side, we favor administrative savings, but we estimate we would only get about $10 billion. We also propose tough malpractice reform. Governor Clinton has been consistently opposed to any sorts of caps on liability. But if you have them, then the principal driving force for excess utilization is weakened, because right now doctors are overprescribing as a measure to protect against liability...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Head to Head | 10/12/1992 | See Source »

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