Word: feds
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Borlaug has a point. The probable hazards of DDT poisoning are a proper matter of concern for a society like the U.S., which is so well fed that many of its people spend much of their time dieting. But peoples on the borderline of starvation are more interested in simply getting enough to eat, and the possibility of getting poisoned by accumulated DDT is the least of their worries...
...stark contrast, he continued, "the so-called environmentalist movement" is endemic to rich nations, where the most rabid crusaders tend to be well-fed urbanites who sample the delights of nature on weekend outings. Borlaug feels that campaigns to ban agricultural chemicals-starting with DDT-reveal a callous misordering of social priorities. If such bans become law, he warned, "then the world will be doomed not by chemical poisoning but by starvation...
...John Connally declined to run in 1968 not only because he was fed up; we, the voters, were also fed up. Texas politics is a cesspool, and John Connally is one of the biggest stinkers in it. Connally is the kind of man who could and would eat a deluxe meal in front of a starving child if it would benefit him politically...
...Fed up, Burkert decided to do what the cops wanted him to do-but for the benefit of the Knapp Commission. Properly wired, he made a series of payoffs to the police, climaxed by a $30 bribe handed to two patrolmen right outside a station house. The transaction was filmed by a TV camera crew in a panel truck. The cops spotted the camera and pursued the truck. They managed to stop it, but let it go after the "producer" said they were only filming street scenes. Still, the cops were worried. What if the crew had been working...
Harvard's attack matched its defense in holding up well against a Princeton squad fond of physical contact. Inside Fred Weiss and winger Dan Potts fed Vujovic in the first and second quarters respectively for Harvard's first two goals. Vujovic blasted in another shortly before the half...