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...threatens the Furbish lousewort, a weed protected under the law.) In addition, the Interior Department may add 1,000 plants and 100 animals to its endangered species list, a move that could eventually hold up even more construction. Environmentally concerned legislators in the House last week were scrambling to gain support for a compromise funding bill already passed by the Senate. The measure would create a seven-member committee, composed mostly of federal officials, to rule on possible exceptions to the Endangered Species Act and would also allow the $15.7 million budget needed to enforce it for another year...
...planes that they will need in the 1980s. Increasing fares, the most obvious answer, could prove politically difficult. So, to hold their 1979 earnings up, the airlines must attract as many as 30 million new passengers next year, on top of the 280 million (a 40 million annual gain) they are expected to carry in 1978. Thus the lines have a problem: while they must avoid further strains on their hard-pressed facilities, they must also continue to lure new customers...
TEAM STATISTICSCor Har FIRST DOWNS; Total 25 11 RUSHING: Attemps 78 34 Net yards gained 307 55 PASSING: Yards 118 174 Attemped 16 18 Completed 8 10 Had intercepted 1 2 Sacked--yards lost -- -- TOTAL OFFENSE: Yards 435 229 Plays passing & rushing 94 52 Average gain per play 4.5 4.4 PUNTING: No. of punts 5 5 Average 36.4 38.5 Returned-yards 11 1 PENALTIES: Yards 9-84 11-90 FUMBLES: Lost 4-2 5-3 THIRD Downs Efficiency 9-18 4-11 Attendance...
Emily Albu Hanawalt, assistant professor of classical studies at Boston University and a half-time fellow, said yesterday the fellowships provide time to do research projects necessary to gain tenure. "If I hadn't gotten this fellowship, I never would have gotten tenure," she added...
...children are in school themselves, as are Katiti's and Gail's, then the problem is just a little more removed. And for those with younger children, day care is always the sought after, if not always the available way to gain a few hours in which to go to class, get to the library, or study quietly alone. But day care is neither cheap nor easily found. "One day care center told me that there would be no slots open for at least two years," Marguerite said...