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...House freshmen last week, when Foley saw early retirement in the new members' futures if the gridlock persists when they face re-election in 1994. "It's a lot trickier with the big guys," says this aide, "and the early signs are troubling." Consider just a bit of the dust already kicked up by some Senate potentates, as described by this official: Paul Sarbanes has "privately signaled that he'll oppose the plan if the freeze on pay for federal workers survives"; Ernest Hollings "has hinted he won't go along unless we cut the deficit even more"; Sam Nunn...
Many pollutants fall back to earth on their own. Carbon dioxide, for example, is absorbed by trees and by the oceans to be used in photosynthesis. Dust particles fall because of their weight...
...another class of pollutants, including methane and other "greenhouse gases," is not scavenged back to the surface. Instead, these need to be broken down chemically into forms that fall like dust, or are washed out of the atmosphere by rain or are similarly cleansed from the atmosphere...
...possibility of a reunion with the two other surviving Beatles, a prospect that has already generated feverish media anticipation. "If we get together for one piece of music," Paul predicts, "we're bound to say, 'C'mon, let's do another little thing.' " The Fab Three could even dust off their old Sgt. Pepper uniforms and hit the road, showing that their esprit de corps is as timeless as the Beatles' ( music. Then again, it might be wiser to respect the immutability of the past and simply...
...tabloid industry flourishes on tales of celebrity transgressions. D.C. Comics killed Superman because D.C. Comics executives knew that if the Man of Steel bit the dust, Americans would buy the comic book...