Word: preservationism
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Verbal Spanking. Judge Saypol, who last year upheld the constitutionality of the Condon-Wadlin Act, solemnly warned the authority not to follow "any course which would increase the compensation of the strikers in violation of the law." In Saypol's opinion, the issue at stake is nothing less than...
Haar has conducted studies of land use planning in underdeveloped areas of Latin America for the Agency for International Development, and the President recently appointed him chairman of the task force for the Preservation of Natural Beauty.
Citizens and conservation groups have opposed the project from the start, citing both esthetic and historical reasons. Last week's decision, handed down in New York City, came in response to a petition brought by the Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference and three local towns.
An immediate result of the Cornell discovery was to raise some serious second thoughts about the preservation of food by radiation, a practice that is gradually gaining acceptance. Relatively heavy doses of radiation have been used to kill microorganisms that cause decay in food; lighter doses prevent potatoes from sprouting...
Prophetic Voice. Yet, for all the shady practices, black-market records have served what is a worthwhile but otherwise sadly neglected cause: the preservation of sound. As Resnik observes, "A live performance is of tremendous historical, educational and artistic importance" and should be taped and preserved, subject to the approval...