Word: fields
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...NOTEBOOK: The stickwomen will play their home opener at Soldiers Field Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. against UMass... Martin's parents and little brother made the trip from Woburn to watch Kate. They sent the four roses... Freshman Lili Pew made her first varsity appearance, wearing number 6--Martin's number on Wednesday. The change was made because of size considerations, Martin changing to number 9. "I think I'll stick with it," she said...
...word ever sums up an event, but "pathetic" does a pretty good job when applied to the first three quarters of the Klan rally. The end, though, the end was scary. Wilkinson led the crowd of 400 across the field to the cross and, cautioning spectators to stay out of range of the flames, distributed torches to the 40 or 50 hooded Klansmen. After explaining the religious significance of the ceremony--"Christ's purifying light will shine forever"--the Wizard told his followers to light their gasoline-soaked torches. Barking out his orders, he had them circle the cross three...
...nation's second longest winning streak came to an end when Tufts--that's right, Tufts--succumbed to Trinity College of Connecticut, 16-14, on a 34-yd. field goal with 12 seconds left. Jumbo coach Vic Gatto--a Crimson hero of the famous 1969 29-29 Harvard-Yale tie--was frustrated in his bid to establish a school record of 13 straight wins...
...field in Illinois was empty; a week or so later, it contained 20,000 bbl. of dumped wastes. Kentucky state police staked out a site just outside Daniel Boone National Forest, where some 200 containers loaded with dangerous solvents had been discarded. They arrested three Ohio truck drivers. Hundreds of toxic drums were found on three sites near historic Plymouth, Mass. State troopers and other authorities set up roadblocks to stop illegal dumping operations in New Hampshire, which, like the other New England states, has no legal disposal site. Declared New Hampshire acting Attorney General Gregory Smith: "We know toxic...
...less benign but just as durable have for years been discarded as casually as household garbage. Many bear mystifying names: trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, dichloroethylene, dibromochloromethane, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). These, and many more, are suspected of contributing to the rising incidence of cancer in the U.S. But experts in the field are quick to admit the difficulty of proving the harm caused by chemical wastes. Says Mount Sinai's Selikoff: "When it comes to chemicals and illness, it's hard to prove cause and effect, though we certainly have our suspicions...