Word: perlis
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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State law sets the maximum amount of THMs at 100 parts per billion, but over the past year, the level in Cambridge's water ranged between...
...economic linchpin of the proposed plan is the renegotiation of the University's waste disposal contract scheduled for next summer. Currently, Harvard pays a flat fee for waste disposal that at present levels of waste production averages out to $100 per ton. Thus, there is no incentive to hold down the amount of garbage that Harvard produces...
...August, Vice President for Administrative Affairs Tom Vautin will seek pay on a per ton basis. This means that the newspaper recycling, which actually costs the University about $30 per ton, would turn a profit of $70 perton--$100 saved on disposal costs minus $30 expenses...
...early 1980s. Yet for every gain the Big Three have made, their Japanese competitors have continued to earn top ratings for quality and to expand market share. In a survey by J.D. Power Associates, a leading automotive analyst, buyers of this year's Japanese imports reported only 119 problems per 100 cars during the first 90 days, while owners of new American cars reported 163 glitches. Even so, the quality competition has drastically boosted value for the car buyer: before 1960 the typical U.S. auto warranty was just three months or 4,000 miles. Today Chevrolet offers basic coverage...
...Brown wants to make some noise this season, it will have to stop the puck from going into its net. Last year, the Bruins allowed an average of 3.68 goals per game. Ouch...