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Congress tried to surmount the language barriers in the federal courts by passing legislation eleven years ago authorizing Government-paid interpreters for those who do not speak English. So far, though, only 308 people have passed the rigorous Spanish-only federal certification process -- a cadre far too small to handle the 43,000 annual requests for interpreters in 60 languages. The situation in the states is bleaker. Last year Cook County, Ill., processed 40,000 requests, and the New York courts sought out interpreters 250 times a day. As in the federal system, Spanish is the language most in demand...
Nevertheless, visitors will see a park that is dramatically different from a year ago. The fires consumed 989,000 of Yellowstone's 2.2 million acres, less than originally thought but still an area larger than the state of Rhode Island. But the flames were dervish-like, capriciously carving jigsaw patterns out of untouched forest, sometimes encircled by heavily burned areas. Blackened stands of lodgepole pine and Douglas fir should gradually become meadows of aspens, wildflowers and grass; life will go on. "From an ecological standpoint, there was no downside," says John Varley, the park's chief of research...
...Huggin Hill Baths were designated a protected archaeological site by the government years ago. But in 1988 the Department of the Environment granted a development company permission to build a seven-story office complex on the west end of the ruins. The government believed the site had already been irretrievably damaged by construction in the 1960s. But last January the archaeological team discovered a large room with central heating, vaulted semicircular recesses and a mosaic floor...
...rivalry hardly stops there. MTV and Showtime are both units of Viacom International, which two weeks ago brought a $2.4 billion antitrust suit against Time Inc.; American Television and Communications Corp., of which Time Inc. owns 82%; and HBO. The action charges the defendants with discriminating against Showtime on cable systems that ATC operates across the U.S. Time Inc. has vigorously denied the charges...
...cable networks proliferate, many operators are limited in how many channels they can accommodate with outmoded transmission equipment. "The real problem is channel capacity," says Michael Luftman, a spokesman for ATC. Reason: many cable systems were built at least ten years ago, when the technology permitted room for only 36 channels. That capacity will grow to some 70 or more channels in the 1990s as operators around the country install new equipment. The advanced hardware will create more room for rivals on the same system and a wealth of new programming opportunities for everything from local news shows to solemn...