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Demonstrators offered no resistance; many went limp when confronted by police. The CDU dragged at least 40 down the steep concrete steps after holding them up by their collars to photograph them...
...former Forest Service official, clear-cutting has caused widespread erosion, threatening watersheds, wildlife and recreation. Wyoming Senator Gale McGee said that instead of regenerating naturally after clearcutting, as the Forest Service claims, the forests often have to be replanted with seedlings, a difficult and hazardous task, especially on steep slopes. McGee also said that timber companies favor clear-cutting over selective cutting (the removal of only ripe or harmful trees) because they can use giant machines that flatten thousands of trees a day, a money-saving if destructive practice...
While it was laid up, the Indians cadged rides with sympathetic yachtsmen and rented boats with the meager funds donated to them. They have been able to transport a fairly steady supply of fresh water, which is hauled laboriously up the steep, rocky slopes in five-gallon cans. A generator has been installed but, ill-maintained, it breaks down regularly...
...inclined to return all or some occupied territory (88% v. 77% of the Israelis) and 49% would like to see the West Bank become a Palestinian state. Their principal domestic worry is one that ranks low among Israelis: 22% feel that taxes are too high and living costs too steep...
...flooded with funds because the Federal Reserve Board has been expanding the money supply, but few companies want to borrow while business remains slow. Instead, corporations are floating long-term bond issues in order to raise funds to repay short-term loans that carry last year's steep rates. This month's offerings are expected to set a new record of $4.6 billion, topping the previous peak of $3 billion last May. Company treasurers are eager to stretch out the maturity of their debts so that they will not risk financial trouble if there is another sudden cash...