Word: coding
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...dumped in haste) about 13.5 million gallons of potent chemicals from low-flying planes (see color pages). The peak of the program came in 1967-68, when 400 defoliation sorties were flown monthly. Now considerably reduced to a "classified" number of missions, the program continues under the ironic code name "Operation Ranch Hand." To date, the herbicides have affected an estimated five million acres, including 500,000 acres of rice and other crops...
...Congressmen should make broader disclosure of their financial interests than they are required to do now. Under the current ethics code, Senators must divulge honoraria of over $300; House members are required to disclose income of over $5,000 that might create a conflict of interest...
...today. The average patient in a modern hospital that makes full use of disposables is now responsible for 15 to 18 pounds of garbage a day. Much of it consists of a dozen or more varieties of plastics that can be burned, provided the local air-pollution code allows the hospital to use an incinerator. But the PVC (polyvinyl chloride) plastics may generate lethal fumes containing hydrochloric acid and phosgene, a poisonous gas once used in chemical warfare. Other plastics melt and clog the incinerators...
...Fantasticks, Fiddler on the Roof and Hello, Dolly! to serialize James Joyce's Ulysses, sentence by sentence. Says Botsford of reader reaction to his serialization: "Many are delighted they can identify the excerpts, but others think we are trying to communicate with the Russian herring fleet in code...
...bleak picture of the obstacles to reforming the system of military justice. Pointing out that changing the way the army handles its own discipline would require a revolution in its structure and mentality, Sherill suggests the obvious solutions. Move important cases into the civilian courts. Tighten up the Uniform Code of Military Justice to get rid of the vague language that sanctions arbitrary sallies against the constitutional rights of servicemen-sections like Article 134 which prohibits "all conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces." Sherill is also well aware that with the House and Senate Armed...