69"Government should place few, if any,restrictions on scientific research and development"
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151.The following isa letter to the editor of the Atticus City newspaper.
"Former Mayor Durant owes an apology to the city of Atticus. Both the
damage to the River Bridge, which connectsAtticus to Hartley, and the
traffic problems we have long experienced on the bridge were actually
caused 20 years ago by Durant. After all, he is the one who approved the
construction of the bridge. If he had approved a wider and better-designed
bridge, on which approximately the same amount of public money would have
been spent, none of the damage or problems would have occurred. Instead,
the River Bridgehas deteriorated far more rapidly over the past 20 years
than has the much longer Derby Bridge up the river. Eventhough the
winters have been severe in the past several years, this is no excuse for
the negligence and wastefulness of Durant."