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...possibility is not idle speculation. As far back as 1783, when the eruption of Iceland's Laki volcano was followed by an extremely cold winter, Benjamin Franklin pointed out that volcanic dust could partly block sunlight. After the explosion of Indonesia's Tambora volcano in 1815, there were so many frosty nights the following June in Canada and the U.S. that people called it the "year without a summer." Some scientists believe a very large amount of volcanic dust in the atmosphere could send the earth tumbling into another...
...less smoked, pickled and salt-cured foods, including sausages, smoked fish and bacon. In Japan, China and Iceland, where such foods are frequently consumed, there is a higher incidence of cancers of the stomach and esophagus. These foods also tend to contain nitrosamines and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, chemicals known to cause cancer in animals...
...attendance will be government leaders from the U.S., Britain, Canada, West Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Iceland, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and Spain. Since France's formal withdrawal from NATO'S military command in 1966, its President does not attend summit meetings. Mitterrand, however, will be at the opening dinner. Premier Pierre Mauroy will represent France at the summit...
...commitment to NATO. Between one-half and two-thirds of the Royal Navy's operational warships are now in the task force, leaving a large gap in North Atlantic defenses. Normally, the British are responsible for 70% of NATO'S antisubmarine defenses in the eastern Atlantic zone, particularly between Iceland, Greenland and the Danish Faeroe Islands. The U.S. Navy has now taken over those responsibilities, leading U.S. Chief of Naval Operations Thomas Hayward to worry: "We are pushing the Navy as hard as you can push it in peacetime." Argentina was also being increasingly hard-pressed...
...original group: Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Greece and Turkey joined the alliance in 1952, West Germany...