Word: leading
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Increased production of synthetic fuels from coal, a major component of President Carter's energy program, will lead to a build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, Harvard professors said yesterday...
...greatest pollution threat. Thus, the toughest environmental battles will probably rage in Colorado and other shale-rich Western states, which have generally strict pollution-control laws. There will also be local resistance to coal gasification and liquefaction plants because they pollute the air with fumes from burning and lead to a noisy, dust-spewing increase in rail traffic to bring in the coal. On the other side, labor unions and various local groups will be eager to attract synfuel plants-particularly in Appalachia-because they will bring jobs and wealth...
...wake of Carey's decision, ETS warned that extra research expense would lead to price increases of $4.75 for New York students, who now pay $8.25 to take the SAT. In addition, the frequency of makeup test days and special testing sessions for the handicapped may be cut. There was also opposition to the new law from the American College Testing Program and the Law School Admission Council, whose admissions tests are now subject to New York's new statute, as are medical-and dental-school tests and the Graduate Record exams...
...best, Eamonn Coghlan of Ireland and Walker. Slight of build (5 ft. 9¾ in., 129 Ibs.), Coe is a "tactical" runner who compensates for lack of brute horsepower with shrewd race strategy. His plan this time, he explained later, had been "to stay close to the lead, but never be the lead myself, until...
...final quarter, he was second, almost shoulder to shoulder with Scott and seven yards ahead of the field. At that point, he recounted, "I said to myself: 'Now or never!' " Then came a burst of speed that seemed to leave his rivals frozen. He swept to the lead to finish 15 yards ahead of Scott, whose time of 3:51.11 was only .01 of a second slower than Jim Ryun's 1967 American record. The next eight runners all came in under...