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...Bank. But even oil industry experts admit that the yield from the tracts to be auctioned will probably be far less than from Alaska's Prudhoe Bay or the Gulf of Mexico. Best guess: 123 million Barrels over the 20-year lease period. Brought up in a single haul, that would provide the U.S. with only about one week's supply of oil. If not oil, then natural gas could be drawn from Georges Bank. But the estimated yield of 870 billion cu. ft. over 20 years is paltry compared with the 19.3 trillion cu. ft. now used...
...election year when the economy is suffering from rising unemployment, American workers might be tempted to vote for the politicians who promise to safeguard their jobs in the short-run by restricting imports. But over the long haul, such a policy will only hurt these workers as consumers. And worse, scrapping free trade ultimately will erode the long-term welfare of the American worker, which protectionist politicians claim so vigorously to protect...
Police waited ten minutes for the arrivals of paddy wagons and rapid transit buses, which were used all day to haul protesters to jail and then began to make arrests...
...investors looking to turn a quick profit instead of to protect their capital for the long haul often have not done well...
Harvard facilities generated about 100,000 gallons of low-level radioactive waste in 1978. University officials said recently. The University contracts with the Interex Corporation of Natick, Mass., to haul away the waste in 30-gallon barrels...