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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Cambridge's water supply has a history of contamination, according to Water Superintendant James J. Cusack, Jr. The level of sodium in city water is 43 milligrams per liter--more than double the 20 milligrams per liter limit set by state law...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Barrett Seeks Water Protection | 2/15/1989 | See Source »

...Clarke's plan. "It's another attempt by the D.C. government to put the blame on somebody else for its failure to deal with violent crime," says N.R.A. assistant general counsel Richard Gardiner. A veto is no cinch: only twice in the past 14 years has Congress vetoed a law enacted by the district...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Gun Control: Strict Liability | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

Never let it be said that Margaret Thatcher lacks courage. After confidently taking on the miners, the press and the teachers, the Prime Minister has announced plans to reform two of the country's most prestigious professions, medicine and law. Her proposals, the most sweeping in decades, prove that Thatcher has lost none of her zeal for leading Britain toward a more open, free-market economy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Hard Cases, Strong Cure:Lawyers and doctors face reforms | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...Freeze-drying human bodies, however, would be an expensive proposition -- about $15,000 to $18,000 apiece. Since there is no law in Florida against freeze-drying humans, however, all it would take for such a perpetual viewing chapel to take root, so to speak, would be a mortuary license, a corpse, someone living willing to shell out $15,000 to $18,000, and, of course, one of the machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pinellas Park, Florida. Freeze-Dried Memories: Pets | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

...LAW: A guilty verdict in a wrenching case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page Vol. 133 No. 7 FEBRUARY 13, 1989 | 2/13/1989 | See Source »

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