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Many resort-area residents also complain of the noise and nuisance of thoughtless riders who buzz fishermen, menace rowboats and rip through the quiet of mountain lakes and peaceful beaches. As a result, several states and localities have passed legislation in recent years regulating where and by whom the motorized skis may be used. Many have set the minimum age for riders at 14, require use of a life jacket and forbid riding at night. In Florida, where eleven deaths have occurred since 1987, the state plans to outlaw such reckless maneuvers as weaving through powerboat traffic. Local authorities...
...think that family life affectswork life, just look around at 3:15 when phonelines start to buzz as workers call home to checkon their kids," says Ellen Galenski, co-presidentof the Families and Worklife Institute...
...buzz of succession talk was interrupted only for periodic "when will he go" bulletins on Wright. From the moment the klieg lights came on in the ethics committee hearing room on Tuesday morning, Democrats realized they had been living in a state of denial about the scandal. By nightfall negotiators for Wright and the committee were sounding each other out about a deal: Wright's resignation in exchange for the committee's agreement to drop some of the charges against him. By week's end it was clear that Wright was a goner, with no guarantee of clemency...
...than 55,000 acres of old growth a year. But for the owl to prevail, its status as a threatened species must be formally declared, a process that may take another year. Then it could become a federal crime even to disturb the owl's habitat, and multitudes of buzz saws that have been felling the trees would have to stop. Loggers warn that unemployment would follow. Sad, but not as ineffably sad or final as extinction...
...computer were to design the ideal President to deal with Mikhail Gorbachev, it might whir and buzz and come up with George Bush. As Ambassador to the United Nations, Bush got to know the folkways of the world forum where Gorbachev has been concentrating much of his genius for public diplomacy. As the U.S.'s man in China, Bush had a crash course in Communism and geopolitics. As director of Central Intelligence, he learned what KGB networks and Soviet missile warheads could do to the West on a bad day. As Vice President, he met as many General Secretaries...