Word: perlis
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...environmental protection. After declaring in his campaign, "I am an environmentalist," Bush has appointed a respected conservationist to head the EPA; called for the elimination of chlorofluorocarbons, which harm the ozone layer; promised action on a clean- air package and restrictions on acid rain; and proposed adding a mile per gallon to federal mileage standards for motor vehicles...
...presence of a non-A, non- B hepatitis virus in blood samples. According to papers published last week in the journal Science, trials have shown that Chiron's test is highly reliable. It can now help eliminate the virus from the blood supply. The inexpensive test (about $2 per blood sample) is expected to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration this year and marketed early in 1990 by Chiron and Ortho Diagnostics Systems, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. Said Dr. S. Gerald Sandler, medical director for blood services of the American Red Cross: "This is a very significant...
Illinois' Thompson, a Republican, is considering a boost from 20 cents to 35 cents per cigarette pack that would net $170 million. California's voters last November approved raising the tax on a pack of cigarettes from 10 cents to 35 cents, which should bring in $300 million this year. Texas legislators are pondering a possible 7 cents increase, to 33 cents, in the same tax. Louisiana may raise the gasoline tax from 16 cents to 20 cents per...
While Drexel's case is extraordinary, other investment houses are going through wrenching changes in their corporate culture as executives search for ways to cut the fat. In Chicago brokerages are passing up the chance to rent $55,000-per-season "skyboxes" in Wrigley Field, even though treating clients to a Cubs game is a traditional way of bringing in new business. Many superstar brokers now make their own telephone pitches to court new clients, and brew their own coffee, after losing the assistants who handled those chores. Even senior partners are being laid off when their sales volume dwindles...
...Harvard had junior Julie Clifford--who surpassed Moellering's goals-per-game average with five tallies--and junior Maggie Vaughan, who stuck to Moellering like glue, holding the Green attacker to three tough goals...