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Rulan C. Pian, master of South House, said yesterday she considers the rewiring crucial, because she believes the old electrical system constitutes a fire hazard...
...more than a year, Eucharistic Congress planners, whose publicity budget alone ran to $296,000, had spread expectations that Pope Paul VI would appear, only to announce as the event drew near that the pontiff, at age 78, was too infirm to hazard the trip. (He had attended previous congresses in India and Colombia but missed the most recent one, in Australia.) But, in fact, the Pope's decision was largely political. For one thing, the pontiff was wary of the partisan overtones of visiting the U.S. during an election year and being greeted by President Ford. Instead...
...Olympics, and never before successfully. The two races have different physical demands-the 400 needs more speed, the 800 more strength-and because of the qualifying heats, require a runner to turn in seven world-class performances in seven days. None of this fazed Juantorena, whose biggest hazard might have been a crick in the neck-he kept looking over his shoulder for opposition...
...M.I.T. The two schools are not legally bound to comply, and in any event, Harvard did not plan to open the new lab where the work will take place until next spring. But the council could put teeth into its order by declaring such genetic research a public health hazard and banning it within city limits...
...These revelations were followed by the publication in 1962 of Rachel Carson's book, Silent Spring, which began to crystallize anti-insecticide sentiment. But the coup de gráce was administered by later studies showing that DDT could cause cancer in laboratory animals. Deciding that the compound was a hazard to humans, the Environmental Protection Agency ordered DDT sales to be restricted in 1972 and banned its use in the U.S. except in cases of sudden serious epidemic or infestation, when it still can be applied against disease-carrying insects. Its use is also allowed in certain areas...