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...Broadcast ad for Connecticut gubernatorial candidate William Curry, Democrat, on his Republican opponent John G. Rowland...
Several less ambitious bills that attempt to reform health insurance also risk making it worse. These include bills introduced by Dole and Senator Bob Packwood, the Oregon Republican; by House minority leader Bob Michel; and by a bipartisan group of House members with the unwieldy label of Rowland- Bilirakis-Cooper-Grandy. None stands much chance of passage...
...Rowland Heights, CA and Lowell House...
...alarm first sounded back in 1974, when Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina of the University of California at Irvine warned about the destructive impact that CFCs could have on the atmosphere. Before banning these important industrial chemicals, however, scientists had to confirm that CFCs did in fact attack ozone and that society produced enough of the chemicals to create a ! problem. Within a few years, most scientists accepted that CFCs were a real threat, though uncertainties remained. In 1978 the U.S. banned the use of CFCs in aerosol sprays and began pushing for international controls...
...election because no further regulation was on the horizon. Earlier, Du Pont had publicly committed itself to stop production of CFCs if "reputable evidence" showed they posed a hazard to the ozone layer. The company, however, set a tough standard for what constituted "reputable evidence." Du Pont challenged Rowland at every turn in the 1970s, and he believes the company's aggressiveness sent a chilling message to other scientists in the field...