Word: stops
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...proved the proposition implicit in her impertinence: that she may cohabit anywhere with a male not her spouse? Surely Barnard is not alone in expressing its disapproval. Has not society condemned it also? Or has it? If Barnard will not consent to Linda's plans, perhaps she can stop by the district attorney's office and get his endorsement...
...across the Demilitarized Zone) before they will consent to talk about "other matters." In its turn, the U.S. will insist on a quid pro quo under the San Antonio formula that Johnson enunciated last September. As Defense Secretary Clark Clifford defined it, the prescription calls for the U.S. to stop the bombing if North Viet Nam indicates that it will continue "to transport the normal amount of goods, munitions and men to South Viet Nam" and no more...
...River. In this process, rain washes the DDT off the ground and into the plankton of lakes and streams. Fish eat the DDT-tainted plankton; the pesticide becomes concentrated in their bodies, and the original dose ultimately reaches multifold strength in fish-eating birds, which then often die or stop reproducing. DDT is almost certainly to blame for the alarming decrease in New England's once flourishing peregrine falcons, northern red-shouldered hawks and black-crowned night herons...
...computer analysis of everything that a total environment-greater Los Angeles, for example-is taking in and giving out via air, land, water. Only then can cities make cost-benefit choices and balance the system. Equally vital are economic incentives, such as taxing specific pollutants so that factories stop using them. Since local governments may be loath to levy effluence charges, fearing loss of industry, the obvious need is regional cooperation, such as interstate river-basin authorities to enforce scientific water use. Germany's Ruhr River is ably governed this way. A shining U.S. example is the eight-state...
...derivative yak about the spiritual union between the tormented and the tormentor. The pedantic sadist is Colonel Sun of the People's Liberation Army of China, who wants to blow up some Russians and then blame the incident on the West. Bond's problem is to stop him. The reader has no problem except to try to enjoy himself while awaiting the obvious...