Word: transport
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Recriminations keep dogging the tragedy of Pan Am Flight 103, which blew up last December over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 270. Britain's Ministry of Transport came under fire for having failed to respond soon enough to terrorist bomb threats against U.S. airliners. Last week West German officials were embarrassed by charges that Bonn may have fumbled a chance to prevent the bomb from being smuggled onto the plane...
...remains an important artery for commerce, it accounts for only about 5% of seaborne world trade, a figure that has held steady for the past 16 years. New pipelines, including one that cuts through Panama, have stolen much of the oil trade, and air freight and sea-to-rail transport compete for canal business, particularly consumer goods that are moved in containers. Still, the canal remains competitive in the movement of bulk cargoes, such as wheat and coal. Last year traffic through the canal reached almost 156.5 million tons of cargo, the second highest load in canal history...
...with many environmental efforts, the greatest obstacle to plastic recycling is old-fashioned laziness and indifference. Many communities have been unwilling to set up the apparatus -- and allot the funds -- needed to collect and transport the waste. Even if encouraged to recycle plastic waste, many citizens find it too much trouble to sort through their garbage, sifting out the plastic peanut-butter jars and toothpaste tubes from other debris. Curbside collection -- forcing citizens to separate recyclable garbage -- is what some communities demand. Three states, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Florida, require residents to sort their garbage for collection...
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...communal nature of the production and its effort to involve the audience turn Hair into a ritual celebration of the 1960s, designed to transport both cast and viewers back to that mythical time. When the irresistible force of the "Let the Sunshine In" finale pulled the audience onstage to dance with the hippies, the childhood link was forged again...