EPA urged to speed pesticide safety study and ban deadliest
A call to accelerate the EPA’s study of the 35 000 pesticides used in the United States. Critics say the 10 year timeline is too slow for farmers and consumers urging bans on the deadliest pesticides and faster testing of 1 400 ingredients amid rising poisonings and health hazards.
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Agriculture Department
Food and Drug Administration
Southern Illinois An
Daytona Beach
Florida
Illinois
United States
MIT device promises reading revolution for the blind
A computer based scanning device developed at MIT by Ray Kurzwell could convert printed material into speech, enabling the blind to access books manuals and government documents with about 20 hours of training. Costs may drop from 50 000 to 5 000 10 000 with mass production, and voice quality may improve.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Louis Braille
Ray Kurzwell
MIT
Kurzwell
Media bias in Middle East debate stirs journalistic controversy
The piece critiques pro Israel reporting and Palestinian nationalism, noting U.S. media bias since World War II and the uneven influence of Arab and Israeli lobbies. It traces Truman era motives, the role of major outlets like the New York Times and New Republic, and the risk to Jewish Christian relations amid pressure for peace talks.
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James M. Wali
Middle East
Israel
Jordan
Carter
United States
Harry Truman
Missouri
Truman
Europe
U.S
Raeli
James M. Wall
Christian Century Magazine
Illinois
Ers
Congressional Quarterly
Congress
James Abourezk
South Dakota
New York Times
The
New Republic
David Pryce-Jones
PLO
Jones
Martin Luther King, Jr
South
Thanking De Soto police and sheriff for prompt action
A reader from De Soto thanks the De Soto Police Department and Jackson County Sheriff's Department for quick, courteous responses during disturbances at homes. The writer notes dispatchers on the 2nd or 3rd shift are kind and prompt, with officers arriving within five minutes, providing reassurance during break-in scares.
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Southern Illinoisan
de Soto
Public Participation Aid for Consumer Groups in Congress
Congressional Quarterly reports a White House push to fund consumer and public interest groups to participate in federal agency proceedings. The plan could supply up to 10 million dollars annually for three years, pending Congress approval, to cover legal, travel, witness, and documentation costs amid a broader push after the consumer agency bill defeat.
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Irwin B. Arieff
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Carter Administration
Congress
Consumer Protection Agency
Consumer Federation of America
Carter
The
Consumer Federation
Ralph Nader
Congress Watch
Council For Public Interest Law
Consumers Union
J.C. Penney Co
Common Cause
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
National Council of Senior Citizens, Environmental Action
Sierra Club
National Association of Manufacturers
Grocery Manufacturers of America
Pacific Legal Foundation
Consumer Agency
Sports in Society: From Campus Spectacle to Serious Study
Ira Berkow argues that sports have moved beyond trivial perceptions to become a major social institution. He notes rising academic interest with courses in philosophy psychology sociology business and history of sports and cites widespread public awareness and policy implications.
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Ira Berkow
Plato
Aristotle
Thorstein Veblen
William Graham Sumner
David Reisman
Jacques Barzun
America
Herbert Hoover
CIA Sien
New York
New York University
Berkeley
Illinois
Yale
Oberlin
Rutgers
Virginia Wesleyan
Massachusetts
Maryland
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Kurzman
Southern Illinois
Lindsay-Schaub
John C. Gardner
William B. Cox Jr
Irwin
B. Arieff
Capitol Hill
Kathleen F. O’reilly
Nancy Drabble
Drabble
Senate Judiciary Committee
Sen
Paul Hatfield
Dmont
Hatfield
House
Supreme Court of the United States
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