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Shapiro describes the problem as "an Alice in Wonderland situation." Universities, he explains, produce very low-level wastes but they must ship them across the country to a place "that should be reserved for high-level materials." With Barnwell effectively shut down, only Hanford and a site in Beattie, Nevada are still taking low-level deposits. At Hanford, officials are already concerned, because containers not meant for more than five-year storage are being misused. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) officials are considering only one new low-level disposal site--the Lion, Kansas salt mines, once ruled unfit to store high...

Author: By Robert O. Boorstin, | Title: Dumping Off Harvard's Waste---Radioactive, That Is | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...nchez-Parodi is correct. TIME 's photograph was not of the Soviet-built intelligence-gathering communications equipment in Cuba. High-level sources erred in identifying the photo for TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 1, 1979 | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

...same time, however, high-level Western diplomats in the Middle East report that Crown Prince Fahd was "deeply dismayed" by the U.S. failure to respond to diplomatic overtures from the P.L.O. These diplomatic sources fear that the Saudis are seriously contemplating a cutback in oil production by 1 million bbl. a day in .early October, from current levels of 9.5 million bbl. a day. If that happens, the dice-rolling on the peace process could become very frantic indeed, and Strauss's optimism could freeze over with the first blasts of winter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MIDDLE EAST: Good Chemistry All Around | 9/24/1979 | See Source »

...addition to voting for the shareholder resolution, Radcliffe officials communicated with high-level executives at Bank of America in order to convince the company to establish a more acceptable policy on loans to South Africa, Gardiner said...

Author: By Burton F. Jablin, | Title: Radcliffe Sells Bank of America Stock | 9/22/1979 | See Source »

Carter's chief reason for appointing Strauss was to have a high-level official primarily responsible for dealing with Menachem Begin and Anwar Sadat. In the wake of the Camp David summit, the two leaders were constantly turning to Carter for counsel. The President had made up his mind that Vance was not strong enough to control the volatile peace negotiations, and he was not satisfied that Brzezinski was able to make decisions on his own. "Cy can't hold Begin and Sadat away from me," Carter complained to his closest White House confidants, "and Zbig is into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Question of Who's in Charge | 9/3/1979 | See Source »

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