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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Soviet Union, Iran and Afghanistan, but were transplanted to Mexico by unknown means in 1980 and have been moving north ever since. Last year the insects caused $36 million in damage across ten states. Experts predict losses at least that heavy this year. By fall the aphids may reach Canada...
...turn. In line with an international accord drafted last September and signed by 37 nations, the Environmental Protection Agency ordered production limits on chemicals that are depleting the ozone in the upper atmosphere. Decreased levels of ozone, scientists have warned, would allow more ultraviolet radiation to reach the earth's surface and increase the incidence of skin cancer and other diseases. Under the new ruling, U.S. producers of halon, an ingredient in fire-extinguishing foam, and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which are widely used as coolants in refrigerators and air-conditioners, must halve their output within ten years. Nearly a dozen other...
...Developer Robert Campeau. Teaming up with the U.S. firm, Nomura can gain expertise in merger making and help its Japanese clients acquire U.S. companies. For Wasserstein, Perella the deal provides both an infusion of capital and global connections. Says Perella: "No other single alliance could give us the comprehensive reach that the Japanese connection we have with Nomura could...
...already convened special commissions to consider ways to balance inequities in their systems by, among other things, hiring more blacks at all levels and holding seminars and other training programs to help sensitize white court officers to minority cultures. Programs have also begun to encourage victim-assistance workers to reach out to blacks and Hispanics, assuring them that they too are entitled to their day in court. It is only through such measures that minorities may begin to believe in equal justice...
Soon after the test firing, shuttle managers expect to give the go-ahead to a plan for engineers to cut a hole through the rear wall of Discovery's cargo bay in an effort to reach and repair a nitrogen tetroxide leak...