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...town planning board of Hanover. N H has approved a proposal allowing storage of low-level radioactive waste on the campus of Dartmouth College beginning in September...

Author: By Robert M. Neer, | Title: Nuclear Waste | 3/9/1983 | See Source »

...experts concluded, the conflict vindicated arguments that Britain should retain a strike capacity in addition to its role in NATO. A public relations shambles over press censorship came in for considerable criticism, as did the Royal Navy task force's lack of a credible early-warning system against low-level air attack. "Had the Argentine air force been equipped with more up-to-date systems," noted one general, "the war would have been a much more bloody affair." On balance, however, the navy was praised for overcoming the logistical nightmares of the campaign that, most agreed, provided a unique...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain: And Now, Fortress Falklands | 1/31/1983 | See Source »

Mugabe met with Nkomo secretly last month to explore ways to defuse the volatile situation, but the results of the session are not known. Low-level officials of both parties are working on a political compromise that would give Nkomo and his followers a larger role in the government. But because tribal enmity is so deeply rooted in Zimbabwe's history, any settlement may prove fleeting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Zimbabwe: The Plague of Tribal Enmity | 1/17/1983 | See Source »

Some experts take a longer view of progress in the workplace. Richard F. America, co-author of Moving Ahead: Black Managers in American Business, says that since blacks began to get low-level management jobs only 15 years ago, better results will not be seen until they have climbed the corporate ladder, a process that could take another ten years. By the year 2000, he believes, a black will be chief executive of a FORTUNE 500 company. Many of today's black managers are not nearly as optimistic. Looking back on the progress they have made, they feel they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Myth of the Black Executive | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

...significant portion of contemporary scientific study, including genetics, immunology, and cancer-related experimentation, produces the low-level material. Currently, Harvard and other state waste producers ship the radioactive by-product to the state of Washington...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Harvard Works to Change Radioactive Waste Law | 11/30/1982 | See Source »

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