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...studies pile up (154 to date), and federal money pours in, Deep Tunnel just keeps tunneling deeper. Meanwhile, housewives in one Chicago suburb resorted to their own program to keep the sewers from flooding: they covered the inlets with worn-out throw rugs during a downpour. Worked fine...
...still has faith that black rule will eventually mean more land for blacks, who can no longer support themselves on their inherited parcels of worn-out acreage. "When I was born, the land was still good," he says. "There were trees and grass. Now there are just a few trees. We have used them for houses and firewood. We used to feed a family from one acre and sell what we grew on the other five acres in the market. Now it takes five acres to feed a family, and the remaining land does not produce enough to buy clothing...
...swimming pools" at plant sites, but nuclear plants are running out of pool space. Some may have to shut down as early as 1983 unless a more permanent method of disposal is found. Nuclear plants are built to operate for about 35 years. By the year 2000 some worn-out ones will either have to be torn down or sealed up so that no radiation escapes. No one yet knows how to safely dismantle or seal off a reactor, though Three Mile Island may provide some insights about that...
THIS YEAR'S contenders for LBJ's old Senate seat have spiced up their tired, worn-out rhetoric with a healthy dash of godless mud-slinging, perhaps hoping to arouse the state's sleeping voters. During the last few weeks, the studied, statesman-like poses originally struck by Republican incumbent John Tower and Democratic challenger Bob Krueger have, in part, given way to the childish stance of petulant name-callers. Virtually devoid of substantive issues, the campaign has become a contest to see who can paint the most nefarious portrait of his opponent. And the prize will most certainly...
Conrail inherited such a hodgepodge of worn-out equipment that even after $600 million in repairs, much of the rolling stock is still unreliable. At any moment, 12.4% of Conrail's 140,000 freight cars are either laid up for repairs or on the verge of breakdown...