Word: reportable
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Your report on campaign contributions [BIG MONEY & POLITICS, Feb. 7] mentioned changes in the Superfund law that relieved scrap-material dealers of liability at toxic-waste sites. The intent of Congress in passing Superfund legislation was to clean up contaminated waste sites and to promote, not harm, the recycling industry. Scrap materials are not waste. They are recyclable. But for more than 10 years, it has been necessary for those in the recyclable-scrap business to fight to have them correctly labeled not as waste but as reusable materials. The law you referred to was supported by 69 Senate...
...Thanks to Joel Stein's smug report on DiCaprio, I have more compassion for celebrities and less for the paparazzi." DON AVIROM Peace River, Alta...
...report on wunderkind actor (sort of) Leonardo DiCaprio [CINEMA, Feb. 21], Joel Stein managed in the nicest possible way not only to inform and entertain us but also to give the subject enough room to hang himself. DiCaprio is silly, shallow, ill informed about subjects he pontificates on, and very, very young--intellectually and emotionally. But these are not indictable offenses. DiCaprio has shown himself to be a fine young actor in some films. I won't see The Beach until it comes out on video, but I will continue to read Stein faithfully. CHRISTINE ROSANIA Chicago Heights...
BEAN COUNT Apparently beans really are, as the old schoolyard rhyme insists, "good for the heart." After reviewing the dietary habits of nearly 12,000 men and women, researchers report that eating beans four times a week can reduce the incidence of heart disease, including heart attacks, by 20%. Any legume will do, even peas, peanuts and soy. It's thought that the vegetable protein in beans may help reduce cholesterol as well as lower blood pressure...
...Eddie Murphy drops $5 million libel suit against Enquirer and pays its legal fees over a report about his encounter with a transvestite prostitute