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...candidate and his aides are thin-skinned about criticism. Press Secretary Maxine Isaacs, in particular, turns icy when a reporter does not readily accept Mondale's interpretation of political issues. Some aides get rankled, especially whenever reporters note that a Mondale-supported bill requiring imported cars to contain certain percentages of U.S.-made parts and labor is "protectionist," as it clearly is. Mondale himself seems wary of journalists, rarely chatting informally with them on campaign flights...
...only does the letter contain already well-known information on the dangers of alcohol, but is seems to be advocating Prohibition, the Great Experiment which was officially pronounced a failure 51 years ago. The administration is "pleased to learn" that "the number of students who said they drank alcohol during the academic year" decreased from 95 percent to 91 percent The administration, then, seems to be pleased about total abstention from alcohol, which I think is an entirely different matter from the worthy goal of attempting to prevent alcohol abuse. The authors of the letter state they are concerned about...
...keep bugs off grain and citrus fruit for more than 30 years, and scientists have known the cancer risk for the past ten years. But the Federal Government has been slow to act, prompting nervous state authorities to begin testing and in some cases banning food products shown to contain traces of the chemical. Last week the Environmental Protection Agency responded to the furor by outlawing the use of EDB as a pesticide for grain and by recommending national standards for grain products already tainted by the chemical. EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus, who during a previous reign at EPA banned...
Used for over 130 years by chemical plants and tanneries for the disposal of heavy metals, organic chemicals generated by pesticides, and animal remnants, the dump has been found to contain large quantities of hazardous wastes...
...printed circuit board to straighten the solder traces. He worked with the Belgian-born commercial artist Jean-Michel Folon to prepare advertisements for Mac. But the pair found working on different continents too cumbersome, and Jobs retained other artists. Even the publicity brochures accompanying Mac reflect Jobs and contain one of his pet phrases: "Insanely great...