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Another Eliot resident, R. Scott Falk '85, suggested that the project be handled through the council. At its Sunday evening meeting, the council voted unanimously to foot the bill, mainly as an expression to Cimino of "Christmas spirit," Falk said...
Alfonsin will attempt to rekindle economic growth and to cool inflation at the same time. The new regime hopes that its victory will persuade edgy Argentines to return money that they have transferred outside the country. Alfonsin is willing to discuss the future of the Falk land Islands with the British, but Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, who welcomed Argentina's "return to democracy" last week, reiterated that the islanders must be allowed to determine their future...
...TolkMichael Heller North House: North YardGary Ivens Catherina Celosse Bill BerkmanDebby Landau Paul Choi Baltasar D. CruzJ. Russell Schmeidel Roland Dunbrack Stephen DavisDavid Traum Dave Finn Susan HendricksonEliot House: Greg Lyss Julie SchragerJohn Coburn Quincy House: Southeast Yard:Tom Cronin Ben Broder Pam DoughmanFelicia Eckstein Ethan Cohon Buddy FletcherScott Falk Sarah Glimp Ki IngersolMichael Okwu Sesha Paratap Brian C. OffuttKirkland House: Warren Shlomchik Ray VasvariMark Eichorn Doug Winthrop Southwest Yard:Angela Ferry Paul BokotaAlison Harrington Maureen BroeMartin J.Herman Tara DealRebecca Rozen Mitchell Elkind Luke Fleckenstei
...town meeting last Tuesday with state and federal politicians and health officials, Dr. Henry Falk, an epidemiologist with the federal Centers for Disease Control, advised residents who had left Times Beach after the flooding to stay away. He told those who had returned to avoid exposure to soil and debris until new tests were completed. Falk said that scientific studies with animals show that dioxin, an acutely toxic substance that is produced as an unwanted byproduct in the manufacture of herbicides and other chemicals, can have extremely adverse effects on the skin, liver and immune system. Many of the residents...
...Despite Falk's concern, many of the spirited residents, or "river rats," as they call themselves, were busy last week cleaning and rebuilding, helping one another with fatalistic good humor. In the makeshift emergency center sits a tiny bronze trophy with a paper sign: "1st place, Times Beach, highest contamination of dioxin award for bravery." Many residents, reluctant to desert the town, plan to wait to see if the Government will provide relocation funds, as it did for the residents of Love Canal in Niagara Falls, N.Y., which was also polluted with dioxin. "I have no place else...