Word: collection
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nevada. The two agencies can, in the words of Carl Zeitz, a former member of the casino-control commission, fairly claim to have "legitimized the industry" in New Jersey. But with all its attention focused on the Mob, the state let eight years pass before establishing a mechanism to collect revenues for the rebuilding of Atlantic City. "The biggest mistake I ever made was not creating some kind of regional state authority at the time," says Byrne...
...forest functions like a delicately balanced organism that recycles most of its nutrients and much of its moisture. Wisps of steam float from the top of the endless palette of green as water evaporates off the upper leaves, cooling the trees as they collect the intense sunlight. Air currents over the forest gather this evaporation into clouds, which return the moisture to the system in torrential rains. Dead animals and vegetation decompose quickly, and the resulting nutrients move rapidly from the soil back to growing plants. The forest is such an efficient recycler that virtually no decaying matter seeps into...
...former publisher of a Cambridge underground magazine, Egg was disqualified from the ballot because he did not collect enough legitimate petition signatures...
...wait until the Faculty of Arts and Sciences can raise the money needed for the multi-million dollar project. FAS does not have a specific fund drive earmarked for the project, says Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, but he adds that he hopes the University can collect enough money this fall to start the project soon...
...wait until the Faculty of Arts and Sciences can raise the money needed for the multi-million dollar project. FAS does not have a specific fund drive earmarked for the project, says Dean of the College L. Fred Jewett '57, but he adds that he hopes the University can collect enough money this fall to start the project soon...