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"To live in the present is like proposing to sit on a pin," wrote Chesterton. Science makes a more severe judgment. It calls living in the present psychotic. Not happy-go-lucky, devil-may-care living in the present, but the real thing. Some individuals by reason of accident or...
A quick and masterful rescue operation helped avert catastrophe. Within hours, four Norwegian and two Soviet helicopters began plucking passengers and crewmen out of the boats and carrying them to safety aboard the Norwegian vessel Senja, which reached the accident site after plowing through ice up to 6 ft. thick...
At the same time, momentous accidents have reminded citizens that commonplace industrial activities have vast destructive power when companies are careless. The deadly chemical accident in Bhopal, India, groundwater contamination at Colorado's Rocky Flats nuclear-weapons plant and the oil slick from the Exxon Valdez all suggest that safety...
Many companies have taken heed of the grass-roots protests. The mishandling of the Exxon Valdez accident prompted the oil industry to announce last week the creation of a $250 million plan to prevent and clean up future spills. In the wake of Washington's defense-procurement scandals, Boeing beefed...
Meanwhile in Texas, high winds and rough water complicated efforts to control the mile-long slick that resulted from a collision between the Panamanian-registered tanker Rachel B and a barge being towed by a tugboat in the Houston Ship Channel. Fortunately, the accident occurred in inland waters, where it...