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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...THERE IS some hope. Through no fault of his own, Ruckelshaus seems to have helped break a log jam in Congress on environmental legislation. Last Thursday (significantly just a day before the Labor Department's asbestos action) the House passed on to the Senate a bill closing many of the remaining loopholes in existing toxic waste law. This is the first major antipollution move made by Congress since the Reagan Administration took office. In addition to the absence of Mrs. Burford, analysts believe that the departure of Secretary of Interior James Watt also aided proponents of the legislation to overcome...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cleaning Up | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

...Erma Bombeck 's Letters to Andy Rooney. Hilarious yet wise correspondence between the nation's best-loved humorists, with advice on everything from how to jar pickles to how to eat jam. "Sidesplitting"-Kirkus Reviews...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Monsters Are Back at the Door | 10/31/1983 | See Source »

...seven contenders, the Kennedy School event was only one stop in a day jam packed with fundraising, politicking, meetings with Harvard professors, and, for at least four of them, a post-debate reception at the ritzy Brattle St. home of Mr. and Mrs. William LeMessurier...

Author: By Michael W. Hirschorn and The CRIMSON Staff, S | Title: Parties, Meetings, Politicking Mark Candidates Day in Boston | 10/14/1983 | See Source »

...reception area alone is probably the size of the old downstairs lab," she said, adding. "Before, we kept patients waiting out in the halls. We had a traffic jam by the bathrooms...

Author: By Melissa I. Weissberg, | Title: UHS To Begin Overhaul Of Facilities, Programs | 10/6/1983 | See Source »

...Pack Jam" remix lifts a synth riff from who knows where, and backs it with electronically altered vocals and a variety of funk sounds, which recall everything from Caribbean metal drums to a fart. Spaceman Jonzun, himself, is credited with the following: lead vocals, computer programming, electro drums, space bass, space-vocals, sound effects, synthesized keyboards, background vocals, string and brass synthesizers. And the three other band members do stuff as well...

Author: By Michael W. Huschorn, | Title: Funkmatized | 7/29/1983 | See Source »

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