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A further reduction in tail-pipe emissions will be required in 1970.

From Time Magazine Archive

The measure, which seemed certain to win House approval, would cut existing levels of tail-pipe pollutants as much as 60% from 1994 to 1996 and could phase out much of the remainder by 2006.

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Because people won't give up their four-wheelers, the challenge is to reduce the tail-pipe emissions that contribute to everything from respiratory distress to global warming.

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And while GM's Stempel attacked the House vote last week, he acknowledged that the subcommittee had at least cleared up confusion over what the new tail-pipe standards would be.

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It was completely fitted for everything that anybody could think of, including a great big muscular turbo-electric power plant capable of putting many miles per behind the tail-pipe.

From Highways in Hiding by Smith, George Oliver