Word: vs
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...present plant. The $2.9 billion Sasol II will be environmentally cleaner; precipitators above the boilers will extract chemical fumes and reduce air pollution, and water will be recycled rather than dumped in rivers. In addition, productivity will be higher: 1.78 bbl. of synthetic oil from each ton of coal, vs. 1.26 bbl. at present. As soon as that plant is finished next February, construction will start near by on Sasol III. Once the three plants are in operation, they will save an estimated $400 million a year in foreign exchange and produce about...
...economy is carried out by people who may pay tax on part of their income but demand the rest in unreported cash, usually in convenient large-denomination bills. One sign of this trend is the fast rise in the number of $100 bills in circulation -some 382 million today vs. 267 million only three years ago. In addition to his regular job as a mechanic, Mike does bodywork on damaged autos in San Francisco for cash on the cylinder head and pockets $100 to $200 a month in undeclared income. Bob, a Santa Cruz, Calif bartender, declares his $5 hourly...
Within their courtrooms, judges are virtual autocrats. Many will not even talk to the press; thanks to last month's Supreme Court decision in Gannett vs. DePasquale, they are now closing off their courtrooms. Already, at least 39 judges have banned press or public or both from pretrial hearings or trials.* Lawyers, out of necessity, bow before the bench. "The job corrupts people," says Jack Frankel, executive officer of the California Commission on Judicial Performance. "The judge says, 'I'm going on vacation.' Everyone says, 'Fine, Judge.' The judge says, 'I'm coming in late.' Again, it's 'Fine, Judge...
...Less law. Complex law makes for complex litigation. The hopelessly vague antitrust laws, for instance, have been a chronic problem for troubled courts since 1890 and produced a tangle of conflicting interpretations. The antitrust monster of U.S. vs. IBM is now ten years old and nowhere near resolution. Clarifying or simplifying labyrinthine laws would save millions of dollars in legal costs as well as free judges to work on other matters. Like regulatory schemes that do more harm than good by stifling competition, some laws might even be eliminated altogether...
Black English vs. standard usage in the courtroom