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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Coast Guard has cited possible weather conditions, poor equipment and the change-of-shift preoccupations of a watchman to explain why the ship was not picked up on radar. More important, although seamen insist they rely heavily on Coast Guard monitoring in the entire sound, Coast Guard officials maintain they are not technically required to track ships as far as Bligh Reef...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Joe's Bad Tripon the Exxon Valdez | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

...judge also rejected Paramount's contention that Time executives were using the editorial-independence argument simply to entrench their positions. Wrote Allen: "There may be at work here a force more subtle than a desire to maintain a title or office. Many people commit a huge portion of their lives to a single large-scale business organization. They derive their identity in part from the organization and feel that they contribute to the identity of the firm. The mission of the firm is not seen by those involved with it as wholly economic, nor the continued existence of its distinctive...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: One for The Books | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

...that it does. The present generation of machine-translation systems, which are priced between $30,000 and $70,000, can nearly double the output of translators of technical documents. The savings, especially for small firms unable to maintain a large staff of skilled translators, can be considerable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Trying To Decipher Babel | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

Although Kennedy and company appear to defend religion, many legal scholars continue to maintain that faith is better protected by separation, since doing otherwise forces government to emphasize the secular. It would be better, contends law professor Douglas Laycock of the University of Texas, for the court to simply rule that "the government shouldn't celebrate religious holidays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Is The Court Hostile to Religion? | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

Laboratory experiments have shown that electric and magnetic fields can exert an influence on biological processes. Cells naturally maintain an electric charge across their membranes that is essential to the normal functioning of human tissues. In cell cultures, exposure to electromagnetic fields can affect the flow of chemicals across membranes, interfere with synthesis of genetic material, alter the activity of hormones and other chemicals, and change the behavior of cancer cells. Studies with mice show disruptions in eating, breathing and sleeping patterns. An experiment with human volunteers who were exposed to electromagnetic fields found they experienced a reduced heart rate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Panic Over Power Lines | 7/17/1989 | See Source »

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