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...then some. At the moment of victory for Nigeria, the nearest TIME Correspondent was James Wilde, 1,000 miles away in Kinshasa, the Congo. He could just as well have been on the moon. Defeated by bureaucracy and the vagaries of travel in Africa, Wilde was forced to assess the situation on the basis of long experience in the war and previous interviews with Biafran Leader Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu...
...beginning to pay off, and legal action is likely. Last week a bill was introduced in the South Carolina general assembly that is aimed at halting construction of the B.A.S.F. plant for at least six months. Governor Robert McNair has also ordered the state water resources commission to assess the effects of chemical wastes on the water and nearby marshes...
PETER TAYLOR'S short stories-like the visit to the family house-are revisitations to assess the real dimensions of the countryside where he grew up. We read through the towns of Collierville, La Grange, Grand Junction, Saulsbury, Chatham, Thornton on our way to and from Memphis and Nashville...
...another's property rights, and is increasingly being applied to environmental pollution. "In air pollution," says Chicago Law Professor David Currie, "you may very well show that the value of your property was diminished because of the effects of smoke." General damage to the environment is harder to assess. Nuisance law is rarely applicable until after the damage is done...
...amendment touched off a flurry of debate. J Joel Porte, professor of English, said that the amendment would allow disciplinary bodies to assess a fine without having the full picture of a student's financial condition...