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...superintendent of the Bandelier National Monument, six miles southwest of Los Alamos, began a controlled burn of 330 acres as a fire-prevention measure. And for the next week, the fires would not stop, first consuming dry grass, then Ponderosa pines, then, engorged to 32,000-plus acres, gobbling up hundreds of homes and singeing buildings at Los Alamos, birthplace of the atom bomb. The fires never came close to a building that holds drums of transuranic mixed waste and a metric ton of plutonium. No disastrous explosions occurred, but the air will be monitored for radioactivity. Meanwhile, noxious fumes...
...anonymous careless cigarette smokers--the origins of this debacle are known. And the recriminations are starting. Roy Weaver, the Bandelier superintendent, was put on paid leave. He said he was not aware of the seven-hour-old National Weather report and had based his go-ahead for the burn on spot forecasts. The National Weather Service, however, insists it had faxed the report to Weaver's office. "This did not have to happen," says Senator Pete Domenici of New Mexico. "I believe, based on common sense, that somebody made a mistake. At first blush, it seems it was the worst...
...increasing the holes in the welfare net and creating a leaner government, but that is what conservative governments--anywhere--tend to do. The concentration camp in Mauthausen is not going to be activated again, Hitler will not receive a memorial in Vienna, nor will any government agency order to burn books or censor teaching material describing the atrocities of the Holocaust. Politicians like Haider should not be allowed to govern an idyllic country in the heart of Europe, but this is for the people to decide, not for foreign governments with good intentions who end up worsening the situation even...
...Boo.com was actually showing some small net earnings, but their paying customer base wasn't growing fast enough to offset the ravages of "cash burn." TIME technology writer Chris Taylor says the British-based company might have had a chance if it had controlled costs and taken one lesson from the Yanks: "Customer service," he says. "The Europeans don't really get that yet. Just as important as a flashy site is an effective support system, with real people manning real phones, making sure shopping online is actually better than shopping in a store. At Boo.com, it wasn...
...challenges pale next to the effect that the Internet rush could have on everyday life in Latin America. For companies, it could slash costs, boost efficiency and broaden markets spectacularly. For governments, it could help burn through centuries' worth of encrusted bureaucracy and cronyism as well as prove a boon to overtaxed education systems. And for ordinary people, it could offer empowerment and social mobility never seen before...