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Laser loses a legal test; finally, in one courtroom, the defense asked tough questions, and the laser-gun folks had the wrong answers

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Attorney Joe Maccarone successfully contested his neighbor's speeding ticket and set a precedent for barring the use of laser guns. The judge ruled that the LTI 20-20 Marksman was inadmissible as evidence after it showed that a wall moved at 4 mph. The guns calculate speed instead of measuring it.

Cases, Traffic violations, Optical radar, Laser Technology LTI 20-20 Marksman (Radar device)

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OPEC's oil weapon now threatens to take out OPEC

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OPEC's greedy manipulation of oil prices in the 1970's served as a wake-up call to the rest of the world to become less dependent upon OPEC oil. New competition from other countries such as South America have curtailed OPEC's one-time stranglehold on the oil market and weakened it considerably.

Competition (Economics), International aspects, Petroleum industry, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, Market share

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Writing wrong

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Magazines such as the Smithsonian exaggerate the environmental benefits of electric cars over gasoline-powered cars. Today's cars burn gasoline 96% more cleanly than cars made in the 1960s. In California, cars will become 99.3% clean by the year 1997.

Automobiles, Media coverage, Automobiles, Electric, Electric cars

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