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...consider themselves independents. What is more, 65% of the people queried for TIME by Yankelovich, Skelly & White Inc. rated Anderson "acceptable" as a potential President, vs. 69% for Carter and 63% for Reagan. But even if Anderson's support slips, a figure much lower than 20% could tip the balance in many states. In 1976 Eugene McCarthy, running as an independent, won only .9% of the vote nationally, but nonetheless took enough votes away from Jimmy Carter to cost him four closely contested states. Carter strategists figure that if McCarthy had got on the ballot in New York...
Unfortunately, Love Canal is only the tip of a tremendous toxic iceberg. A 1978 Environmental Protection Agency study identified 32,254 toxic waste dumps around the U.S., some 800 of which posed "significant imminent hazards" to public health. Brown demonstrates that the chemicals in these sites have already begun to take their toll...
...Middle East, an air battle erupted in the border area between Iraqi helicopter gunships and several Iranian Phantom jets and helicopters. There were also reports of increased military activity at Iraq's two main naval bases: Basra, on the Shatt al Arab, and Umm Qasr, at the northern tip of the Persian Gulf. Since more than 50% of the West's oil supplies originate in the gulf area, this confrontation was a new worry for the U.S. and its allies...
...lobby the ushers are getting their orders: "Be very, very careful. Do not touch any customer. If you take a tip that's up to you, but do not tell anybody." Backstage a honcho of the costume department is pointing out the need for underwear: "I would like to remind you about B.O. The costumes are new. We have new T shirts. Wear them." Cosmeticians are making up the cast, many of whom are part-timers. One of them moans, "Right now I'm cutting vegetables for salads and soups and I just can't handle...
...process is less painful now because nurses take the blood sample from the ear lobe which is almost devoid of nerve endings, instead of from the sensitive finger tip...