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...sign of the times that the people who are so vague about their career plans are so specific about how they're going to get there. Law school, they truly believe, is a one-way pass to their wildest dreams...
...nation's corn. In 1988 and 1989, the state's natural resources department and the University of Iowa sampled groundwater quality in 686 rural wells. Nearly 15% of them were contaminated with one or more pesticides. For Iowa State University weed biologist Jack Dekker, the survey marked a turning point. "What we had," he says, "was a one-way arrow pointing to a problem...
...under Trump's "On Time Guarantee," passengers receive a voucher for their choice of frequent flyer mileage, a free one-way companion ticket or a $20 American Express gift certificate whenever their plane is late. Even one-and-a-half minutes late...
...unemployed Norwegians are hearing bells these days, they have the state telephone company to thank. In a show of compassion for people with financial problems, Televerket has introduced a one-way telephone service that allows them to receive calls but not make them. Delinquent customers who are thus spared the embarrassment of their callers' hearing a message that the number has been disconnected agree to pay the money they owe on an installment plan. Televerket is starting the service, which has already been tested by a few local phone companies, in part because unemployment has reached nearly 5%, a record...
...insistence on a capital-gains tax cut that would mainly benefit taxpayers earning $200,000 or more a year. Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell blocked that measure, promising that he would make no more budget deals with the White House and observing sourly that "for them, bipartisanship is a one-way street...