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Dates: during 1980-1980
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What really riles Hanson is the Government regulations that hamper his ranching. "Big Brother has got his arm solidly around you," he says. The Environmental Protection Agency will not let him use weed spray on his feed crops com animal poisons against the coyotes that prey on his calves. He complains that the Bureau of Land Management will not plow back more of the ranchers' grazing fees into improving the range, and that he must seek permission from the Army Corps of Engineers to build a culvert along a stream on his own property. "It's rules...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch... | 12/15/1980 | See Source »

Wearing suits that looked like they had been spray-painted on, the B.U. swimmers powered their way to 12 first-place finishes as compared to a scanty three firsts produced by the Crimson...

Author: By Caroline R. Adams, | Title: B.U. Drowns Aquawomen In Opener | 11/26/1980 | See Source »

HELP FIGHT CRIME: BUY GUNS, urge bumper stickers on cars along Miami's Flagler Street. To attract new depositors, the city's Lincoln Savings and Loan Association offers not toasters or blenders, but pocket cans of spray repellent. Newly acquired Doberman guard dogs growl inside increasing numbers of Bade County homes; sales of sophisticated burglar alarm systems and rudimentary iron bars for doors are booming. Says a Miami policeman: "Sometimes I think I'm in Dodge City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Absolute War in Our Streets | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

...swastikas also were spray painted on the ceilings of three elevators in Hagerstown hall last month, with the words "Death to Jews" painted next to them...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: Increase in Anti-Semitism Reported | 11/8/1980 | See Source »

...time the lifeboats dropped into the sea, three Coast Guard cutters and the 1,000-ft. U.S. supertanker Williamsburgh were headed for the Prinsendam, which by now was listing and billowing smoke. Cold and soaked with sea spray, some passengers kept up their spirits by singing Row, Row, Row Your Boat and Show Me the Way to Go Home. Recalled John Courtney, 69, a retired college art professor: "A lot of people were seasick, but there was no hysteria." By 9:30 a.m., helicopters began hoisting people from the lifeboats in baskets and ferrying them to the rescue vessels. Only...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: A Morning to Remember | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

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