Word: soils
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prospect of seeing a real live network anchor on Iowa soil all that great. One of the boys at Toad's slipped in the ultimate putdown: "Watching an anchorman is like watching an astronaut in orbit: they are both weightless...
...also added to gasoline to prevent lead deposits in engines). But then came the change in administrations and, with strong chemical industry lobbying against any restrictions, no action was taken under now-infamous EPA administrator Anne Burford Last September, Ruckelshaus cancelled use of EDB as a soil fumigant, but only after significant amounts of residues of the chemical showed up in the ground water in several states. The current order extends the ban to use on grain after harvesting, but is by no means conclusive; citrus products, also often treated with EDB, are unaffected by the new decree...
...sale by West Germany of tanks and other weaponry to Saudi Arabia. When West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl arrived in Israel for a six-day state visit, he was greeted with several demonstrations protesting not only the arms sale but also the presence of a German leader on Israeli soil...
...have bombed the U.S. and French military headquarters in Beirut last October as well as the Israeli headquarters in Tyre. The caller said that Kerr was "the victim of the American military presence in Beirut," and vowed that "not a single American or Frenchman will remain on this soil...
...Managua, a Sandinista Foreign Ministry communique declared that Nicaraguan troops had fired on an "intruding" helicopter but said nothing about shooting Schwab on Honduran soil. Nonetheless, the Nicaraguans announced they would conduct a full investigation. "The government deplores this incident and expresses its condolences to the pilot's family," said the official communique. It also expressed the hope "that this casualty will not be used as a pretext to aggravate the already critical situation in Central America." On that point, at least, Managua and Washington appeared to be in agreement...