Word: solider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...America. Many companies, including fossil fuel-burning utilities and the manufacturers of nonbiodegradable plastics, have begun looking for ways to present a better face to their future clientele. Recycle This, a professional theater production touring U.S. high schools and featuring rock-'n'-roll and rap songs about landfills and solid waste, is sponsored by Dow Chemical, a major producer of polystyrene...
...with conservation groups have begun to take actions that are more than public relations. Following the lead of H.J. Heinz's StarKist Seafood Co., major American tuna canners voluntarily decided to stop buying fish from fleets that carelessly kill dolphins and other marine mammals. McDonald's addressed a major solid-waste problem by switching from polystyrene to paper wrappings for its fast foods. Conoco decided to use double-hulled tankers in an effort to reduce the risk of oil spills, and it has made a commitment to lessen the impact of its exploration operations on rain forests and other sensitive...
...potential for war in the Persian Gulf has heightened, the debate about U.S. policy has come to hinge largely on two questions. Can sanctions really cripple Iraq? And even if they can, will that be enough to persuade Saddam to leave Kuwait? Those questions are dissolving the once solid support for the Bush policy along partisan lines as Democrats in Congress have begun to insist, loudly, that the embargo must be given time. Says Maryland Senator Paul Sarbanes: "The cost of a year of waiting is nothing compared with the cost of a week...
Harvard students may now dominate the physical appearance of the Bow, at least on Thursday nights, but a solid group of regulars has retained their hold...
...Crimson came out uncharacteristically strong after intermission, going on an 8-0 run before FDU scored its first bucket nearly four minutes into the half. Harvard did cool down a bit from its 58 percent first-half shooting clip, but still shot a very solid 48 percent from the field in the second half. FDU, on the other hand, shot an anemic 28 percent in the second half and 33 percent for the game...