The pipe would run so close to power lines and highways that a leak could easily be ignited by lightning, a passing car or an electrical short, they contend, resulting in an explosion.
The increase in cardiac deaths cited in that study, Dr. Kopans contends, resulted from rather primitive radiation treatments administered in the 1960's.
The three areas covered by the tentative settlement in the Columbia/HCA case all involve technical financial issues that the government contends resulted in overpayments to Columbia by federal health programs.
But two wineries there, the aforementioned Stony Hill, with its 2005 chardonnay and Corison, with its 2004 Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, are standing up for a winemaking philosophy their owners believe in, one that they contend results in more subtle, balanced and drinkable wines.
This, he contends, results in a "culture of quarterly earnings hysteria (that is) totally contrary to the long-term approach we need".
This "sorting," Levendusky contends, results directly from the increasingly polarized terms in which political leaders define their parties.
Such a system, they contend, could result in distorted prices.
There is absolutely no reason for labor problems in major league baseball; the most serious problem is not free agency, arbitration or escalating salaries; it is rather a very inadequate playoff system that discourages many teams from being contending teams resulting in a lot of frustration for sports fans and great loss of potential revenue for owners and players.
But he also contends it results from increasing polarization of the electorate in general.
She also derided a provision in McCain's plan to eliminate tax break for employer-based health coverage and replace it with a tax credit for individuals and families -- something that CAP has contended would result, actually, in the raising of taxes for millions of families.
