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...deficit package. When Pennsylvania Congressman Bill Goodling objected, saying, "I know George Bush, and he would never do anything like that," Sununu snapped back, "George Bush is a much nicer guy than I am." (Goodling voted for the plan.) At a session the next day, Michigan Congressman Fred Upton explained that he would vote against the plan because it was "a rotten deal." Erupted Sununu: "What are you smoking?" (Upton voted...
Though the U.S. inspection system is among the most comprehensive in the world, it depends on methods -- sight, smell and touch -- that are suited to the hazards of the turn of the century. "At the time of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, the problems were visible -- lesions and rat hairs and dirt," explains Diane Heiman of Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, a Washington consumer group. "But today we've moved beyond that to invisible hazards, like pesticide residue and bacteria and microbiological toxins...
...prepared the Chicago way, with mustard, ketchup, relish, onions, jalapenos and tomato wedges, in a soft, gushy, poppy seed-coated Coney roll. You can also buy a double dog, with two franks in a single roll. Variations include chili dogs, cheese dogs and corn dogs. Putting aside visions of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, we gave the establishment...
...Church Basement, Mass. Ave. and Sellers St. 4 3 City Hall Basement 4 4 456 Broadway (Across from High School) 4 5 Camb. Rindge & Latin H.S. (Broadway Entry) 5 1 Johnson Apartments, 150 Erie St. in Community Room, Parking Lot Entry 5 2 Graham Parks Achievement School (Formerly Webster) Upton St. 5 3 Morse School, Granite St. 5 4 Morse School, Granite St. 5 5 Fire House, River St. and Kelly Rd. 6 1 Camb. Rindge & Latin H.S. (Broadway Entry) 6 2 Gund Hall (Harvard Design School) 48 Quincy St., Room 112 6 3 Fire House, Broadway Entry...
...Upton Sinclair's The Jungle shocked the public with graphic depictions of the squalor in Chicago slaughterhouses. Since then conditions in the U.S. meat-packing industry have improved considerably, but they are still far from ideal. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration last week proposed a record $2.59 million fine against IBP, alleging that in 1985 and 1986 the largest U.S. meat-packer knowingly failed to record 1,038 job-related injuries and illnesses at its Dakota City, Neb., plant. The unreported cases included knife wounds, concussions, burns, hernias, fractures and carpal tunnel syndrome, a painful condition of the wrist...