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Bozzotto began his labor career as a waterboy in a Boston hotel at age 13. He and his buddies stole ice cream from hotel freezers at night to give them energy to wash dishes. Now, 35 years later, Bozzotto runs the hotel and restaurant workers union. But he still eats ice cream to give him energy: three banana splits every...
...charms of Texas is its inherent exaggeration of almost everything. Its weather runs to violent extremes. It is a rough joke to survive a drought of several years and then find the drought broken by torrential rains that can flood the town and wash away the pickup truck. Texas humor, like the Texas landscape, accommodates outrageous possibilities...
...wash our shirts somehow," coxswain James Crick said...
Concerns rose sharply over the safety of residents of Kiev, 80 miles from the disaster, and the surrounding area. Though officials first said the April 26 accident posed no danger to the third largest Soviet city (pop. 2.4 million), Kievans were told last week to wash often and keep their windows closed. They were further warned against eating lettuce and swimming outdoors. In the city, water trucks hosed down streets to wash away radioactive dust, and police conducted spot checks for radiation. Kiev's 250,000 schoolchildren will be let out of classes two weeks early for summer vacation...
...Canadians, since standards are based on the risks over a lifetime's exposure. Meanwhile, federal officials have required all shipments of European fruit, vegetables and herbs to be held and tested. Canada also warned travelers to Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union and parts of the Mediterranean to wash all fruit and vegetables and avoid drinking fresh milk...