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...Massachusetts, given the fact that we have great institutions of higher learning, top medical and research centers and a good geographical location, we just needed to give the people the proper incentive to go the extra mile," Malone said...
...Senate seats as well, many Republicans are praying that Baker, who headed the Bush campaign in 1988, will return by next month to lead a revival. G.O.P. discontent was surely deepened by images of Bill Clinton and Al Gore bounding through eight states on a 1,240-mile bus tour marked by camera-friendly street rallies and upbeat TV appearances. At each stop, a beaming Clinton showed off his running mate like a new sports car. "Didn't I make a good choice?" became a standard line...
Coming the other way, legally, a half-mile-long column of oil tankers stream beneath a giant portrait of Saddam that marks an archway over the desert border. Each day they bring 50,000 bbl. of cut-rate fuel to Amman to sustain the stumbling economy of Jordan...
...move that did nothing to improve its image, New York City sent off 2,200 tons of garbage to the heartland last month in search of a welcoming landfill. Alas, the detritus, occupying 30 railcars, was rejected in three states. After a 3,000-mile trip, the bug-infested cargo wound up back home, destined for the Staten Island landfill...
...alternative energy sources. Otisca's first pilot project was done with Island Creek Coal Co. -- a 15-ton-per-hr. operation in Bayard, W. Va., at the headwaters of the Potomac. Smith and Keller also did some early business with General Public Utilities in western Pennsylvania, until the Three Mile Island nuclear disaster thoroughly distracted GPU's management...