Word: stalled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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BELMONT PARK, Elmont. N. Y.- Pedro Baptista and Canonero II, his Venezuelan wonder horse, double-handedly drew a crowd of well wishers. They have made the modest little stall 109B a red-hot tourist attraction for trippers from all over who dig the idea of a Triple Crown winner...
...companies estimate that they must invest amounts equal to 10% of their pre-tax profits. Last week at General Motors' annual meeting, Chairman James Roche announced that the corporation will spend $214 million to combat pollution in 1971. Despite these outlays, environmentalists charge that major polluters often stall for time during lengthy negotiation periods provided for in many state and local laws, then begin work in earnest only when court action is threatened. In replying to this criticism, industry executives note that there are still no nationwide standards for many kinds of pollution control. If federal laws become tougher...
...dozen water buffalo. Thanh Tay is known as a "temporary resettlement camp," but it has been in use since 1965, when the fishing village of Cam Hai was overrun by the Viet Cong. Its people now live in four long, tin-roofed sheds, in cubicles divided off like horse stalls; six to ten people occupy each stall. Ironically, peace has already returned to their former village, but their houses are occupied by the 2nd Korean Brigade, so the refugees will not be able to go home until the soldiers leave...
...grounds of the Washington Monument. The following day, a religious service will feature such disparate speakers as the Rev. Ralph Abernathy and Jane Fonda. Then the tactics escalate: May 3 and 4, Mayday demonstrators will attempt to choke off traffic on the highways leading to the Pentagon, stall cars at key intersections and bridges leading into the city. Finally, the anniversary of the killings at Kent State, May 5, is billed as "no business as usual day." In addition to the stall-ins and strike in Washington, Mayday organizers hope for a moratorium on campuses across the nation...
...hope of big, though perhaps slow, profits. Few have become so extensively involved as Boise Cascade Corp., which has 29 recreation projects spread from Hawaii to New Hampshire. The company's chiefs, much to their surprise and dismay, have belatedly discovered that environmental zealots are increasingly able to stall or block even the well-planned development of unspoiled woods and shorelines...