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...Charles River Dam located in Science Park, Boston was built in 1910 to keep salt water out of the river. Sewers, further up stream, were designed to overflow into the river during peak periods. If the river were primarily a fresh water river the sewage could be absorbed, and treated "naturally" without any noticeable odor, Albitson pointed...
...opening of locks in the dam to admit boats, however, has also admitted brackish salt water...
...site for a $100 million petrochemical plant, owned jointly by Iran and the U.S.'s Allied Chemical Corp. Around the clock, workmen were building two new ports on the Persian Gulf ($300 million), a state-owned refinery outside Teheran ($133 million) and, nearby, the giant Latyan Dam ($100 million), which they hope to complete early...
...tribe's particular schizophrenia. Women befriend them, confide a husband's concern about his brother who is picking oranges in California. A member of the Tribal Council confesses his complete inability to present the Havasupai's case to a government determined to go ahead with plans for the dam...
...Harvard-Radcliffe students quickly learn that some welfare checks are spent on liquor and that the "battered child syndome" exists outside Soc Rel 150 tests. to confront the federal government and argue against the dam (Stuart Udall's "baby," they observe). The tribe has no notion of how to organize itsel