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...Mexicans reply that they keep only cars used by drug dealers and point out that the U.S. also confiscates vehicles used in smuggling. That is not quite good enough for San Diego Congressman Duncan Hunter, who wants an outside inspection of every auto in Mexico's federal police motor pool...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ameican Notes THE BORDER | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...Engineer of the Century by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers when, in 1981, he unveiled another of his pioneering vehicles. Carrying a single pilot, the Solar Challenger took off, climbed to 11,000 ft. and flew 163 miles from France to an R.A.F. base in England, its electric motor powered solely by the 16,128 solar cells mounted on its wings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAUL MACCREADY: He Gives Wings to Dreams | 6/11/1990 | See Source »

...Cambridge City Council unanimously passes three environmental ordinances to limit environmentally unsafe packaging, protect the ozone layer, and restrict motor oil disposal...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Year In Review 1989-1990 | 6/7/1990 | See Source »

...Establishment of a new committee to establish guidelines for recycling of used motor oil, considered one of the state's most severe toxic problems. The law also bans disposal of motor...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Council Passes Pollution Laws | 5/23/1990 | See Source »

...Tuesday, the day the theoretical-physics seminar met at FIAN ((the physics institute where Sakharov still worked)). I followed my customary routine, ordering a car from the academy's motor pool and leaving home at 1:30. At the Krasnokholmsky Bridge, a traffic-patrol car forced us to stop. From the front seat I saw two men get in the rear, flashing red IDs marked MVD ((for Interior Ministry)). They were actually...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sakharov: Years In Exile | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

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