Americans sometimes finger the uvular fricatives (r) in German as harsh, but French has the same sound and French doesn't get called harsh, Sharon Inkelas, a professor of linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, told The Huffington Post in an email.
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In 1972, Massachusettsâ Conservation Commissions were given responsibility for administering the new Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act (G.L. Ch. 131 Â§40). Now in addition to overseeing acquisition and protection of the townâs conservation land, they had regulatory authority over all wetlands in their jurisdiction.n 1976, Congress enacted the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA). This act regulated the introduction of new chemicals into the marketplace. Most existing chemicals were grandfathered (PCBs were an exception) and placed on a list called the TSCA Inventory.