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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Homeowners can take a number of steps to fight indoor radon pollution. For starters, the EPA's two booklets, A Citizen's Guide to Radon and Radon Reduction Methods, are available from area health offices, which will also provide the names of reputable companies that do radon testing. Cheap ($10) home kits will measure the gas, as will more expensive continuous electronic monitors. To counter the problem, cracks in the basement can be sealed and ventilation systems installed. Such measures ought to be taken within a few years, the EPA advises, if the radon readings are between...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Tracking The Radon Threat | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

...comparison, someone like Chris Evert, whose father belonged to a country club, is given significant advantages. She is able to play at an indoor tennis court, with good tennis rackets, new tennis balls, and other equipment...

Author: By Casey J. Lartigue jr., | Title: Drowning Out the Old Racist Rancor | 9/22/1988 | See Source »

...facilities for athletes, while excellent by Soviet standards, sometimes reflect their age and heavy communal use. At Brothers Znamensky, a complex that is nearly 20 years old, the pole-vault cushion has a large rip, many < hurdles are broken, the indoor track is bumpy; and patches of grass sprout through the outdoor track. Nor is coaching always lavish. Although the Soviets have been a world power in women's basketball for decades, Center Olessya Barel was wowed during an American tour last year. Says she: "Facilities across the U.S. are of a much higher standard than ours, and they have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Colliding Myths After a Dozen Years | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...education, no profession. Now it is time for me to look after my future and make provision for it," he says. Sjoberg calls the 8-ft. barrier his next goal "because it is such a big thing in the United States," where appearance fees run high on the indoor circuit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Track Shorts: Zeroing In On Eight Feet | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...Indoor Championships (Milwaukee, Wisc...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Fall Season: Harvard Takes on the Ivy World | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

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