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...coming from Carbide." It was not until 36 min. after plant operators discovered the leak that the local volunteer fire chief sounded a siren to warn the community about the cloud of toxic chemical gas. The emergency caused 135 people to seek hospital treatment for shortness of breath, a burning in the eyes and throat, and vomiting...
Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos [ WORLD, Dec. 16] does possess one extraordinary ability: to speak out of both sides of his mouth at the same time. At one moment he says his military forces would go it alone, "preferably" without U.S. military aid. In almost the same breath, he admits his decision to call elections was "in part" due to U.S. pressure. Ignacio Javier Hollywood...
...firm to get around the ponderous Peking bureaucracy and speed China's economic development. Led by Rong, 70, a silver-haired millionaire, the organization has helped foreign companies invest in everything from beer production to coal mining and has raised hundreds of millions of dollars overseas. "CITIC is a breath of fresh air," says Virginia Kamsky, president of Kamsky Associates, a trade consultant with offices in New York and Peking. "The people there ask the right kinds of questions when you present a project, and when you talk about return on investment they understand what you mean...
...Berlusconi is struggling to cling to power. Meanwhile, Commission President José Manuel Barroso is still new in the job. Small wonder that last week's summit meeting involved little more than pruning the European agenda, and squabbling over what remains. Expansion to include Turkey? Don't hold your breath. Reform the Common Agricultural Policy? Not now. With many still stunned by the French and Dutch rejection of the new constitutional treaty, the leaders agreed to put its ratification on hold. On the other key issue on the agenda - the future budget of the E.U. - the summit ended in acrimony...
...From hell's heart I stab at thee!" spumes Captain Ahab (Gregory Peck) as he harpoons the great white beast. "For hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee, thou damnèd whale!" Yes, this version of the Melville novel has its starchy parts, and Peck takes a while to shake off his trademark decency and slip into Ahab's rasping obsession. Plus, the film's mechanical whale, which looks like a great slab of lard with a cold blue eye, kept sinking when it was meant to swim. But what matters is the saline tang...