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...member of the Church of the Nazarene. Some stories have depicted her as severe and neurasthenic and have dwelt on her habit of moving the family frequently. Hart noted emphatically that his family had been poor; fixing up and reselling modest houses in their home town of Ottawa, Kans., he insisted, was a way of making ends meet. "My parents," he went on, "were mainly interested in loving us, in giving us the best start they could, in letting us be whatever we could...
...continents. But in part because acid rain is an insidious form of air pollution that is carried long distances before falling as rain and snow, there has been little cooperation between those who create the problem and those who suffer its consequences. That is changing. At a meeting in Ottawa last week, representatives of Canada and nine European nations* signed an agreement to reduce the sulfur dioxide that spews forth from industrial plants, a major cause of acid rain, by at least 30% before 1993. The "30% club," as the group was quickly dubbed, hopes to pressure other nations, principally...
...million on acid-rain research, and, if Congress approves, that will rise to $55.5 million this year. By contrast, Budget Director David Stockman puts the cost of eliminating acid rain at $21 billion, a sum that he has cavalierly translated as $6,000 for every fish saved. The Ottawa agreement, said Environmental Protection Agency Official Fitzhugh Green, "may add some heat, but it won't add much light...
...changes in Hart's life, he remains in many ways just as reserved, self-contained and ambitious as he was when he left Ottawa 30 years ago. He prefers reading or modeling clay birds (eagles, mostly) in his office to jollying up his colleagues in the Senate cloakroom. On the stump "he's miserable at working crowds," says Colorado Governor Richard Lamm, a friend and supporter. Yet Hart this winter has worked hard to overcome his shyness and to press flesh cheerfully. "At times he is shy and withdrawn. But he has a great sense of humor," says...
Gary Hart rose out of the dusty streets of Ottawa, Kans., survived the austerities of Yale's Divinity and Law schools, became a U.S. Senator, and is now a political legend-in-the-making, stalking the Mondale "juggernaut." When Hart mounts the campaign pulpit, he thunders often about a discouraged and crumbling America...