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...grounded tanker Exxon Valdez that day, forming a slick that eventually reached into the Gulf of Alaska and nearly to the Shumagin Islands, about 965 km (600 miles) away. More than 1,930 km (1,200 miles) of coastline was fouled; commercial and subsistence fishing were halted; populations of bald eagles, seabirds, otters and other animals plummeted; and at least 35 archaeological sites were sullied. Now, after four summers of intensive oil scooping and shoreline scrubbing, seals, whales and bald eagles are plentiful and the fishing season is in full swing. The water, rocks and sand look pristine once more...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alaska's Billion-Dollar Quandary | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

...question, such deals would provide needed cash. The Afognak Joint Venture, for instance, a coalition of native corporations, hopes the trustee council will purchase its 50,000 hectares (125,000 acres) on Afognak Island, a mountainous place nearly the size of Maui, brimming with salmon, elk, Kodiak bears and bald eagles. Though part of the island belongs to the Kodiak Refuge, the AJV lands are being logged and could be stripped bare within a decade. Asserts AJV chairman Howard Valley: "By selling it back, at least we will be able to preserve...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Alaska's Billion-Dollar Quandary | 9/28/1992 | See Source »

While Congress busies itself saving the bald eagle and the spotted owl, Cambridge is struggling to preserve its own particular endangered species: the mom and pop restaurant...

Author: By Molly B. Confer, | Title: MR. AND MRS. BARTLEY'S | 9/26/1992 | See Source »

...this straight: Sinead O'Connor, our favorite bald, Doc-Martened, Celtic provocateuse, is singing standards? With a 47-piece band...

Author: By J.c. Herz, | Title: Sinead: The Bald Soprano Swings | 9/24/1992 | See Source »

...Republicans, whose electoral victory was aided by strong financial support from the National Rifle Association and its state affiliate, called the repeal an "anticrime" measure because it included increased penalties for some gun offenses. It amounts to nothing more than "a bald attempt" to fool the people, retorted an angry Florio, who intends to take the issue to the people in a referendum campaign if his veto does not stick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ready, Aim . . . | 8/17/1992 | See Source »

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