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...proved unpopular. In particular, she angered many voters by insisting on keeping open a dump at Hanford for nuclear wastes, including atomic garbage trucked in from other states. Said Ray: "There has to be some place to put it." McDermott favors expansion of nuclear power only "as a last resort," and wants to close the Hanford dump to all radioactive wastes except those from medical facilities...
...four years later was re-elected by a record 522,000 votes. This year at 45, she set her sights on Hart's seat and beat Runner-Up Howard ("Bo") Callaway, the former Georgia Congressman and Secretary of the Army, who owns an elegant ski resort in Crested Butte, Colo., by 1,603 votes for the Republican nomination...
...Mosque. Otherwise, the armed forces tried to keep discreetly out of sight as much as possible. Along the 300-mile road between Istanbul and Ankara, foreigners found few troops in evidence. Both deposed Prime Minister Demirel and Opposition Leader Bülent Ecevit remained under detention at a military resort hotel in Hamzaköy, near Gallipoli. They could receive telephone calls but refused to talk politics. Ecevit told one caller: "I'm sorry, the general in charge here has asked me not to discuss the present situation...
...warned however, the conflict could provide the Soviet Union with an excuse to intervene in Iran under the terms of a past treaty, but Bisharat doubted the USSR would resort to such an option because "that would invite a global conflagration...
...solely responsible for controversial coverage. But it remains that while all Spanish-speaking papers have abdicated responsibility, Cox and his staff operate as the last barrier to complete state control of the media. He sighs wearily as he expresses his belief that newspapers are the peoples' last resort. "When newspapers crack up, then the lights go out, and you know anything can be done in the dark," he says...