Word: fish
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...further cripple efficiency, and managers have little leeway for innovation. Consumer goods are still shoddy and chronically scarce. Long lines form immediately in Warsaw, Prague, Havana, Moscow and other Communist cities at rumors that a shop is about to receive a shipment of such coveted goods as shoes, fresh fish or fruit. Communist leaders boast that their citizens are immune to inflation; but, in fact, continual price hikes are merely artfully concealed by an economy in which wages, prices and even the kinds of goods available are set by the state. For instance, the "official" cost of an item...
...become a devotee one lives in the temple, meditates to develop a love of God and abstains from illicit sex, intoxication, meat, fish or eggs, and gambling for a year before initiation. The average day of a devotee begins at 4 a.m. with four hours of prayer, study and classes. During the day, a devotee works in various preaching programs or at regular jobs. In the evening, the devotee attends classes and chants with the rest of the congregation...
Over 75 workers in a pesticide plant at Hopewell, Virginia have been contaminated with the pesticide Kepone. Many are dying; fortunately, many others may recover. Experts contend the poison has leaked out of the plant, into the surrounding James River basin. Residents of towns along the river have consumed fish from the James over the years...
Plant employees carried the Kepone home with them and contaminated their families. The plant was closed in 1976, but the EPA has discovered that another firm, Allied Chemical (of which Life Sciences is a subsidiary) has been dumping Kepone in the James River in Virginia for over a decade. Fish samples taken during the '60s showed traces of Kepone, leading scientists to believe that many people have low levels of Kepone in their blood. The long-term effects of Kepone are unknown, but recent discoveries have enabled humans to rid their bodies of the substance quickly...
...group, which now has about 75 members, is planning other projects in addition to the play. Nicholas Fish '80, the show's producer, said yesterday the group will stage a "famous names project" that it hopes will bring Shakespeare-related objects and memorabilia to the Harvard Shakespeare archives...