Word: raine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Every year tons of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides generated by U.S. coal- fired power plants drift northward to fall on Canadian forests and lakes as acid rain. Ronald Reagan has mostly resisted Canada's repeated requests that the U.S. clean up the skies. Last week, 14 months after a joint U.S.-Canadian commission recommended that the U.S. spend $5 billion to find cleaner methods for burning coal, the President promised to commit half that amount, $2.5 billion over five years. The belated gesture should smooth the way for Reagan's visit next month to Ottawa, where environmentalists plan...
...page indictment accuses Deaver of deliberately lying three times to the federal grand jury and twice to the congressional subcommittee that first looked into his lobbying activities. The grand jury says Deaver lied when he denied participating in White House discussions on acid rain on behalf of the government of Canada, one of his first clients, and he lied about arranging a meeting between President Reagan and an emissary from the government of South Korea. He also perjured himself or made false statements, said the indictment, about his lobbying efforts for the Smith Barney brokerage firm...
Reducing acid-rain pollution...
Many of the students say that things that seem negative at the time become part of the learning process. Vittimberga, for example, recalls a rainy day on his rafting trip when he questioned what he was doing. "When you're out there working in the rain for hours, you wonder why did I come here when I could be nice and warm in Cambridge," he says...
...Rain accumulated on Soldiers Field during Friday night and early Saturday, forcing officials to render the site unsuitable for play. Ohiri Field was available as an alternate site, but no one could be contacted to reline the playing area...