Word: objections
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Many environmentalists also object strongly to the Concorde's noise. An FAA study of the Concorde's environmental impact predicted that the noise produced by the plane would be perceived by people outdoors as being twice as loud as that made by a Boeing 707 and four times as great as that of a DC-10. U.S. opponents describe the Concorde's noise, a low rumble rather than a high-pitched whine, as "devastating." A British cleric from a community near Heathrow who appeared at last week's hearing put it more poetically. "Concorde...
...Manhattan's Educational Alliance Day Care Center, for example, little girls learn to use hammers and nails, boys practice rolling dough for cookies. The object is not a reversal of roles so much as an interchange of them. Similarly, girls are moving more than ever into traditionally male sports. High school and college gym classes are becoming coed as a consequence of a new Government regulation that orders equal treatment of the sexes in schools receiving federal aid. The Little League, under court pressure, agreed to admit girls in 1974. In just the past couple of years, hundreds of thousands...
...good reason to complain. Temperatures regularly drop to -100º F. during the polar winter. Sudden storms bring gale-force winds, and visibility frequently drops to zero during a "whiteout," making it impossible to see perilous crevasses ahead. Yet in spite of its hostile environment, Antarctica is becoming the object of increasing worldwide interest. Its shrimplike krill and millions of seals make it a veritable storehouse of protein for the world's growing population. Also, scientists are finding more and more evidence that there may be great mineral wealth under the ice, including...
...value. We do not know whether the wizened and musty tissue that presumably lies inside the silver casing was ever attached to a historical personage named Mary Magdalene. The odds are against it, since the relic has no written history older than the 17th century. Instead, the quasi-magical object has become a fine piece of mannerist silverware, culturally almost as distant from us as an African nail fetish...
CRUCIFIED BY CHRYSLER, wailed one London headline. SCORCHED BY THE FLAMETHROWER, complained another. The object of this pained outrage was a stunning victory won by the Chrysler Corp. and its chairman, John Riccardo, in a high-stakes struggle that promises to have a deep impact on the future of both Chrysler and Britain's Labor government...