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Warren County, the poorest section of North Carolina, is a predominantly Black agricultural community. In the mid-1970s, petroleum containing poly-chlorinated bifals (PCBs) was spilled around the state, and the federal government decided to dispose of the waste in Warren County, panelists said.

Author: By Faran J.griffin, | Title: Panelists Say EPA Was Biased In Dumping PCBs in- Warren | 12/6/1982 | See Source »

A more ideal recipient of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Literature than Elias Canetti, 76, would have to be invented. When the Bulgarian-born novelist, play wright and essayist, with his Einsteinian white mane and mustache, arrives in Stockholm on Dec. 10 to claim the $180,000 award, he will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Laurels for an Obscure Wanderer | 10/26/1981 | See Source »

The thing that seems to bother Sen. Paul E. Tsongas (D-Mass.) the most is dogmatic ideology. Tsongas always frowns at an easy answer, no matter which end of the political spectrum it comes from. He picks apart partisan politics with the passion of an inspired poly-sci professor, noting...

Author: By Paul M. Barrett, | Title: Saving the World Without Easy Answers | 2/20/1981 | See Source »

Yet perhaps the most endearing virtue of big spenders is that they are wonderfully entertaining. There is nothing like them. If a conga line could be made up extending from Qin Shihuang and Elagabalus, through Hearst, the sheiks and Allan Carr, we would need no Broadway shows. It is not...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The Sad Truth About Big Spenders | 12/8/1980 | See Source »

Jason Robards plays an admiral, the man in charge of the Sicilian Project and hence the Titanic resurfacing. Richard Jordan is Dirk Pitt, a retired Navy intelligence officer so daring that he's asked to supervise the salvage operation ("He'll only take a crack at something if it sounds...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: SINK THE TITANIC | 8/8/1980 | See Source »

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