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...approximately 11:50 Hazelwood turned over control of the vessel to Third Mate Cousins. Second Mate Lloyd LeCain, who was exhausted and asleep, was supposed to relieve Cousins, but the third mate had told him to take his time. In any case, Hazelwood ordered Cousins to make a right turn back into the outbound lanes when the vessel reached a navigational point near Busby Island, three miles north of Bligh Reef. The captain then returned to his cabin, just 15 ft. and one stairway from the bridge, reportedly to complete his paperwork...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Joe's Bad Tripon the Exxon Valdez | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

...firm involved on the project, but he also received $326,000 in fees for his trouble. The matter went unreported for three years. Are there any lessons to be learned from the HUD fiasco? Offered one Washington reporter: "Just because something's silent, that doesn't mean it's asleep...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Where Were the Media on HUD? | 7/24/1989 | See Source »

When I arrived for Orientation Week, I was surprised to find Duke asleep in the room. He was about as big as I thought he'd be, which is pretty impressive since I was conjuring up the image of Mighty Joe Young all summer...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Learning to Deal With a Planned Marriage | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

Jewett always looks like he's about to fall asleep, and he wears rumpled, baggy suits...

Author: By Joseph R. Palmore, | Title: Wisdom Dispensed From Mount Harvard's Peak | 7/7/1989 | See Source »

...chief negotiators seemed almost chummy when the Strategic Arms Reduction Talks resumed in Geneva last week. U.S. envoy Richard Burt joked about the danger of falling asleep due to jet lag, and his Soviet counterpart, Yuri Nazarkin, quipped that he had not yet mastered the jargon of arms control. Then, as talks progressed, Burt put forth a surprising proposal that threatened to sour the mood...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Arms Control: Off to a Bad START? | 7/3/1989 | See Source »

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