08/24/1980
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"This is a natural disaster of unprecedented dimensions."
"This material is not toxic."
"The Federal Reserve actions will help to assure greater availability of funds for lending to small businesses, farmers, automobile dealers and buyers, and many other borrowers."
"It does for the maritime services what the search and rescue provisions of Annex 12 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation do for the aviation services."