Word: conservationism
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Such volunteer activity satisfied her for more than a decade. Then in 1969 she won a seat in the New Jersey General Assembly, where she championed such un-Republican causes as civil rights, prison reform, consumer rights and conservation. One of her most memorable incidents involves her proposing the Equal...
"The piece was taken off view for conservation purposes," Susannah J. Fabling, assistant director of the Fogg Museum, said yesterday. She added that the statue needs to be rewelded between its lower and upright portions.
Early yesterday afternoon Fogg Museum workers placed a sign in front of the empty base which said only that the sculpture has been" temporarily removed for conservation." Passers-by were confused by the sign, which Fabling said means that the statue requires repairs, at an as-yet-undetermined cost.
Accordingly, the nation's thrust toward energy conservation-characterized by Jimmy Carter as the "moral equivalent of war"-has begun to abate. Demand for oil is once again on the rise. During the first half of 1981, oil demand was down 6%, compared with the same period a year...
The bill, which passed the state senate and the house by margins slightly below the two-thirds necessary to override the veto, would promote conservation and recycling by placing refund values on all soda and beer containers and prohibiting non-biodegradable packaging materials.