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...breeder is the dawning understanding that the majorities that make up that guiding force are not comprised solely of members responding to special interests. Neither is it a conservative coalition. To the chagrin of anti-nuke activists, not even the breeder and its hated plutonium--much less the conventional, safer reactors--can shake up the moderates who control Congress. "We are not going to, pell-mell, rush into a 'breeder age' or 'plutonium economy' or anything else," argued classic middle-of-the-roader, Rep. John Anderson (D-Ill.) recently in an attempt to discredit the catch-phrases used against Clinch...
...current parking system represents Harvard's way of trying to accommodate a large number of cars in a limited, city area. For undergraduates, this can mean inconvenience and high expense, although security improvements have made parking at Harvard much safer. But it's something to think about before your bring that little sports car up to Cambridge, and that's exactly the way the University wants it. A little cost-benefit analysis is definitely in order...
They also claimed that even if the state does need increased capacity, unresearched alternatives such as solar and wind power, and insulation may be cheaper and safer...
...answer: c. In the most recent ratings week, the 60 Minutes team of Dan Rather, Morley Safer and Mike Wallace was seen by more households than Charlie's Angels, Starsky and Hutch and all but five prime-time offerings. CBS's excellent decade-old magazine-style show this season has regularly finished in the top ten, demolishing the myth that there is no way a network can make money-or big Nielsen points-on news...
...true that over the years, the mines have become much safer. In 1948 there were 999 fatalities; last year 139 miners died on the job. The frequency of nonfatal accidents has dropped from 49.3 per million man-hours in 1948 to 36.07 in 1976. But mining still remains one of the most dangerous industrial occupations in the U.S. Says Barney Beard, president of Local 9111 in Waltonville, Ill.: "When I kiss my wife goodbye every day, she doesn't know if I'm going to get back home that night." Safety is also a consideration in the miners...