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...legally marketed while being officially banned? One answer lies in legislative terminology: "cancellation" only starts a review process, which manufacturers can prolong for years while sales continue. Too, the Agriculture Department is mired in a seeming conflict of interest. Charged with regulating most uses of DDT, the department also urges farmers to use it to increase crop yields...
Woodside said that the invasion would play into the hands of the more militant North Vietnamese leaders who wish to retain a wartime economy and prolong...
After sweeping all the singles matches, the Harvard players asked the Cornell players to limit the doubles to a single 12-game set. The Big Red agreed and conveniently lost as quickly as possible. As Cornell's Dugan said. "there was no reason to prolong the agony...
...could place enormous strains on Hanoi's resources, but the North Vietnamese may be tempted to strike if their sanctuaries are seriously endangered. The U.S., on the other hand, may be tempted to remove once and for all the border sanctuaries that have enabled Hanoi to prolong...
PASACHOFF had also proposed that NASA and Air Force use the SR-71, a high-flying reconnaissance plane, during the eclipse. Since the SR-71 can attain speeds of at least 2000 miles per hour-several hundred miles faster than the eclipse shadow at some points-it could prolong eclipse observation-time by an hour or more. The jet could also position itself anywhere within the moon's shadow...