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...when words like fission, double-helix, and plutonium are on the tip of every layman's tongue, books about science, or better yet books by scientists, are a sure sell...
...what Dyson has written reads at times more like a confession. In Disturbing the Universe, science is often secondary to Dyson's enunciation of his personal failures and vulnerabilities. This is the most unexpected and endearing aspect of this unorthodox book. But while Dyson is eloquent, he is not a professional writer when he picks up a pen and bravely sets down what means most to him, he is not always convincing...
...unionize women workers." But some strains between leftists and unionists were evident. At the energy workshop, activists complained about labor support of nuclear power. Building nukes means construction jobs, at least in the short run. On such issues delicate compromises are necessary to keep the coalition together. "I'd like to get the building trades to come out for human-scale, non-corporate solar power," Harrington told The Crimson, "even if they won't endorse our antinuclear position...
...this. I mean, I'm telling your office to stay out of this altogether." It wasn't until the Washington Post published a front page expose on Toone that the EPA changed its mind and began to purify drinking water supplies which, in the words of one congressman, smelled "like shoe polish...
...completely unchecked. Assistant Administrator Jorling, whom both Kaufman and Sanjour have targeted for many of the agency's "illegal" policies, resigned in September after congressional hearings showed that he had condoned, if not ordered, the sudden cutbacks on EPA enforcement. His successor, Christopher Beck, "certainly talks like he's aggressive," says EPA official Steven Caldwell, who adds, "He has a good reputation for being an action-oriented, go-getter type...