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...million one lawsuit involving two deaths and a quadriplegic survivor, and it now acknowledges at least 250 pending private liability actions, plus further class-action suits demanding billions of dollars in compensation. The company considers such claims to be "outlandish." The Center for Auto Safety, founded by Ralph Nader and Consumers Union, estimates that current liability suits could cost the company as much as $100 million...
...rebellion against decontrol was led by Anthony ("Toby") Moffett, 34, who once headed Ralph Nader's organization in Connecticut and has become a leader of the "Watergate babies"-the highly independent Congressmen elected...
...country's nuclear-power program, such as the Cambridge-based Union of Concerned Scientists. The movement affected a wide coalition of national organizations: environmentalists like the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth and Mobilization for Survival, antiwar groups like the War Resisters League, consumer groups like Ralph Nader's Public Interest Research Group, and economic activists like Tom Hayden's Campaign for Economic Democracy and William Winpisinger's Machinist's Union. Says Friends of the Earth mid-Atlantic Representative Lorna Salzman: "What we have here is a grass roots movement, one that includes students, farmers...
Three Mile Island brought cohesion to the antinuclear movement. A few days after the incident, plans for a march were made at a hastily called meeting in Washington, sponsored by Nader's group. "This represented a real turning point for the movement," says Tim Massad, one of the organizers. "Before this we had a network of groups on the local level. But now we see people directing mass action at the President and Congress, the people ultimately responsible for Harrisburg, instead of individual utilities." The "May 6 Coalition" initially raised $20,000 from foundations such as the Stern Fund...
Thus, at a town meeting last July, a local planning body took votes on zoning and other questions among citizens watching at home as well as those in the hall. Later, Ralph Nader, visiting Columbus, asked how many watchers would back a petition to change children's advertising (an overwhelming majority pushed the yes button). Advertisers are also making heavy use of the system. Bill Cosby, pitching for Ford Pintos, asks how many viewers want more information on the car; Ford gets a computer printout of hot prospects who voted...