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...Director of the Office of Management and Budget (see ECONOMY & BUSINESS). But Carter spent most of his time getting ready for his trip. Like any other tourist headed for Asia, he took pills to ward off malaria and was inoculated against cholera and typhoid. He pored over thick briefing books. He packed a copy of the Bhagavad Gita, a Hindu holy book...
...legal fees to beat a $90 fine. His heart went out to the young OSHA inspector who broke down on the witness stand and admitted that her only qualification was a 40-hour series of OSHA seminars. But Pinga is convinced that his fight was worthwhile. Thumping a thick tome of OSHA regulations, he declares: "If this book existed when my dad came to this country in 1906, this nation would still be a prairie. Now it's bureaucracy on top of bureaucracy. That's not America...
...mining, railways, airlines, highways, atomic energy?is regulated by other federal agencies. An estimated 4,500 workers died in 1976 from accidents or disease related to their jobs (down from 5,200 in 1975). But OSHA has overreacted by jamming every conceivable danger, however remote, into a 7-ft.-thick code that must be the world's most boring reading. Consider this example, on the wood used in ladders in factories and shops: "Knots of less than l˝ inch thick in diameter are permitted on the wide face of portable wooden ladders provided they are at least ˝ inch back...
...League, the scenario could best be characterized as deja vu. With the return of Brian Banks and Glenn Fine, the Crimson should be in the thick of the race. With the nucleus of last year's Big Three of Princeton, Penn, and Columbia returning, don't be too surprised if the other five teams in the League only win 33 of 127 games as they did last year...
...protected by 200 bodyguards armed with Belgian automatic firearms and knives. When he makes a public speech, Somoza speaks from behind an enormous protective contraption referred to jestingly by Nicaraguans as the "fish tank" or "bath tub." This is a huge, three-sided bulletproof shed with glass so thick it distorts Somoza's features; three trucks and a crew of 20 are required to erect...