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...Canaday F-entry resident who was at the party said between 200 and 300 students and pre-frosh were in the entry during the party's peak. "There were throngs and throngs of people outside," the resident said...
Since ozone loss can increase the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching earth's surface, the risk of skin cancer may be rising in northern latitudes, as it probably is in southernmost climes. Scientists hope the level of cfcs in the upper atmosphere will peak around the year 2000 and then diminish. What they don't know is how much ozone will be left, whether the areas of severe ozone depletion will expand toward population centers, and how dangerous a 21st century day in the sun will...
...label on Crystal Geyser natural Alpine spring water boasts that it is nothing less than "nature's perfect beverage." The drink, reads the label, "begins as the pure snow and rain that falls on 12,000-ft. Olancha peak in the towering Sierra. This pristine water is naturally filtered through the mountain's bedrock...
Last June, Ross Perot became the first independent or third-party candidate in the history of American polling to surpass the major-party nominees in pre-election surveys Polling organizations said no such candidate had ever pushed past 30 percent in national polls--but Perot at his peak drew a stunning 39 percent...
Today his properties have been sold at a loss, his employees all dismissed and his wife and children moved from the suburban house to a small city apartment. His income, earned by running a small real estate management firm, has slid from a peak of $36,000 a month to $5,600. That is not enough even to begin repaying the $5.8 million he owes to a bank and a leasing company; he pays a pittance of $450 a month in interest to the leasing company, nothing to the bank. Hoshino resignedly says "the way things...