Word: plants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...band blared campaign-style tunes. In nearby West Bend (pop. 21,000), some 30,000 people turned out to welcome the presidential motorcade. Buoyed by the lively response, Ronald Reagan scoffed at critics who claim he has lost his political punch. Said he: "I reject a potted-plant presidency...
That was, of course, a reference to one of the more memorable lines uttered during the Iran-contra hearings: Attorney Brendan Sullivan's notable "I am not a potted plant" response when Senator Daniel Inouye grew impatient with the lawyer's frequent objections and suggested that his client, Oliver North, should be the one to speak up. The fact that the President would remind his audiences even obliquely of the scandal that has seriously impaired his effectiveness signaled his rising optimism. Although the Wisconsin demonstrations had been carefully stage-managed, they reinforced Reagan's recovery from the doldrums inflicted...
...story began when New York Gov. Mario Cuomo and Gov. Michael S. Dukakis both refused to submit evacuation plans to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for nuclear power plants in their states. Under existing law, no plant can be cleared for operation by the NRC unless an evacuation plan has been submitted. The governors both said that they could not in good conscience present a plan because they did not believe their citizens would be safe in an accident...
...Democratic representative from Long Island, which is within 10 miles of the Shoreham plant, told his colleagues that he should have the right to determine whether "his people" could be kept safe. No one from any other state, he said, should have the right to tell "him" whether he would be safe...
...plant is not unique. Between 1981 and 1985 meatpacking had the highest rate of job-related injuries and illnesses of any industry...