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...taconite is extracted, and the wastes, or "tailings," are dumped into the water. Any time that Reserve is attacked for polluting the lake-and the attacks have been continuous since 1967-it says that it might have to close the plant if ordered to stop. That would wreak economic havoc, since the company employs 3,100 workers in the area, or at least 90% of the local work force. But in February 1972, the U.S. Justice Department decided to sue for a cleanup anyway. The trial began last summer...
...crops and prospects for an even bigger output this year. One reason: foreign demand for U.S. farm goods remains extremely high because supplies of wheat and other items are still tight worldwide. The 1973 inflation in wheat, corn and soybeans showed how much havoc heavy export demand can wreak on U.S. prices. In addition, all the ups and downs of controls last year caused cattlemen and hog raisers to limit production sharply. That means that meat prices will stay high or even rise in the months immediately ahead because the number of steers and hogs reaching market will not increase...
...stake in the decision are not only the fortunes of individual companies and their workers but the extent of the damage that the fuel shortage will wreak on the whole economy; an ill-conceived allocation scheme could badly magnify it. Explains Anne Carter, a Brandeis University economist: "Allocation is not even a question of fairness, although the consumer thinks of it that way. Allocation has to be balanced to provide for balanced production." In other words, fuel will have to be denied primarily to those industries least likely to have a significant impact on other industries and thus least likely...
...upheld the complaint of two women who transferred to the University of Connecticut, took up residence there, registered to vote and got drivers' licenses, but still had to pay $625 per semester as against $175 for state residents. If universally applied, equality of payment would wreak havoc in many state universities, but the Supreme Court did not go that far. While not officially ruling on the broad issue, Justice Potter Stewart declared: "We fully recognize that a state has a legitimate interest in protecting and preserving the quality of its colleges and universities and the right...
...significance. Marvin is the soiled knight striving after honor, Borgnine the dark primitive force he must conquer. Aldrich's idea of making his stereotypes into mythic archetypes is to pump them up with hot air. When Borgnine and Marvin finally lock in combat they seem less likely to wreak havoc than to simply deflate each other...