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...alligator is not the only FWS success: the brown pelican, once in danger, is now off the list in several states. The bald eagle is up from its 1963 low of 417 active nests in the lower 48 states to some 2,000 breeding pairs this year -- not enough to be declassified but an impressive return for the national symbol. Unfortunately not all protected species can be coaxed into bouncing back. Despite government protection, there are no known California condors left in the wild; the remaining 27 are in captivity. And in 70 years of trying to save the whooping...
...stymied by lack of imagination or money or both, and, above all, gas is cheap. In places where gas is still below a dollar, many drivers have reverted to old habits, and in some parts of the U.S. a two-occupant car is about as common as a bald eagle...
...long, grinding upgrade. About 17,000 new trucking companies have formed since 1980, and more than 6,500 companies have failed during the same period. The newcomers have felt increasing pressure to cut costs by scrimping on safety, which has spawned fleets of so-called killer trucks with bald tires, worn brakes and bleary-eyed drivers. While most major carriers can afford adequate maintenance programs, struggling trucking companies often put worn-out rigs on the road as a calculated gamble. Most often it is everyday motorists who stand to lose, since the odds are about 30 to 1 that...
...most accounts, Volcker ranks as the best-known chairman in the Fed's history. His bald pate and halo of cigar smoke became a familiar sight on magazine covers and TV screens, while his name frequently cropped up in everyday household discussions of mortgage rates and car loans. Overseas, his willingness to involve his agency in other countries' economic concerns earned the U.S. large amounts of economic goodwill. Even bankers like former Citicorp Chairman Walter Wriston, who tangled with Volcker on many issues, admired the Fed chief's willingness to do the dirty work of wringing inflation...
...fact tones, Secord added some intriguing touches of cloak- and-daggery to this recital. At one point, he brought his partner Hakim to a meeting with Ghorbanifar as a translator, but since Ghorbanifar already knew Hakim and considered him an "enemy of the ((Iranian)) state," Secord dressed up the bald Hakim in a wig and glasses and passed him off as a Turk. "It flew," said Secord laconically. At another point, Secord considered Ghorbanifar so untrustworthy that he told the Iranian middleman he would recommend to the U.S. Government that Ghorbanifar be "terminated." Recounted Secord, with the barest ghost...