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Commonwealth Edison officials also say that conversion to low-sulphur coal would increase the company's fuel costs by 50%-which the consumer would eventually have to pay for in higher rates. Scott feels that the social costs of pollution outweigh purely financial considerations. Impatient with "conferences, delays and extensions of deadlines," he aims to curb pollution by the previously neglected tactic of enforcing the laws now on the books. "No one has to live in an atmospheric sewer," says Scott, "and it's not going to happen here...
...other tackle, Hawaiian sophomore Rich Lolorai, is perhaps the most exciting lineman to watch. Lolotai, who weighs 255 pounds, was expected to be a real problem for opposing quarterbacks. It was feared his mistakes due to inexperience might outweigh his contributions, but he has learned quickly...
...press for legislation to limit exports and imports, to restrict sales of amphetamine ingredients, and to regulate the sale of drugmaking machinery. The committee will ask for limitation of drug production, based on medical need, and will suggest a ban on a variety of amphetamines, the dangers of which outweigh their legitimate uses. If Pepper succeeds, there will perhaps be no further shipments like the one by a U.S. company to a nonexistent street number that turned out to be the eleventh hole of a Mexican golf course. There Mexican smugglers picked up the goods for sale north...
...version of the statement circulated among some Faculty members contained another sentence that was removed in the printed version: "Although we can conceive of circumstances that would outweigh this argument [against a formal vote], we do not think they yet exist...
...next stage of testing will be more difficult: isolating the individual ingredient responsible for the activity. Even more difficult is the task of determining the chemical identity of the isolated substance. Once that is done, it must be tested in animals to find out whether its germ-killing powers outweigh whatever undesirable side effects it may have. If the compound proves both safe and effective enough to be tested in man, the laboratory chemists will face the task of either synthesizing it or using the natural product as the base for a semisynthetic drug, the technique that is used...