Word: ton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...ally and enemy to man. The chemicals annihilate predators: the aphids that plague rose fanciers, disease-bearing mosquitoes, beetles that spread Dutch elm disease, in sects that devour crops. As a farmer's helper, pesticides increase crop yields, hence profits. But poison is blind. Loosed annually by the ton from planes, boats, trucks, tractors and handy spray cans, it cannot isolate its target. Since Rachel Carson exposed the pesticides' threat seven years ago, in Silent Spring, evidence of the chemicals' pernicious effects on birds, plants, fish, animals and occasionally man has continued to grow. Yet little...
...year. Though miners are the nation's greatest sufferers from occupational ailments - notably "black lung" or pneumoconiosis - they get medical benefits only so long as they remain on the job. They argue, moreover, that the pension fund, fed by a royalty of 400 per ton of coal mined, ties the union too closely to the fortunes of the coal companies and tends to emphasize production rather than benefits for the mine workers. Last week West Virginia Representative Ken Hechler called for a congressional investigation of the fund, which in 1968 earned only $4,600,000 on a $180 million...
...raids. Despite what he called a "strong recommendation" from General Creighton Abrams, the U.S. commander in Viet Nam, Laird suggested reducing B-52 sorties by more than 10%, from 1,800 to 1,600 per month. The savings would come chiefly in the planes' 30-ton bomb loads, which cost $42,000. There would be little tactical impact; probably the same number of B-52 missions will be flown as before, but they may involve five planes rather than the standard...
...Prime Minister is not exactly traveling light - or alone. Against the chance that Africans infuriated by British arms shipments to Gowon might attack Wilson during the visit, the 11,000-ton amphibious assault ship Fearless will drop anchor off Lagos with an extra platoon of marines aboard...
Fierce Competition. Japanese steel men aim for a 15% gain in output and increased exports this year. Already, about one ton of steel in every 15 sold in the U.S. is made in Japan, and Washington's urging has brought a Japanese agreement to reduce exports to the U.S. by nearly onefourth. The slack will be taken up in other markets, notably in Southeast Asia and Europe, where competition is expected to be fierce...