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...Navy's shipyard work will involve nuclear-powered vessels. More than half the ships in for repair will be submarines; most of those will be Los Angeles- class attack submarines. "The most experienced shipyard in servicing Los Angeles subs," he declaims, "is the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. Charleston has never overhauled a Los Angeles-class submarine. Never. Not one, ever...
...impact, especially in the short term as communities struggle to find ways to convert the properties to civilian use. Predictably, politicians from affected areas were quick to squawk. "It could bring economic devastation to the area," said Senator Ernest Hollings of South Carolina, which is scheduled to lose its Charleston Naval Station. But Congress has cleverly set up a system that allows the Pentagon to push through its closures while insulating legislators from much of the responsibility or political fallout. In 1990 it established an eight-member bipartisan commission to review Pentagon proposals. If the President approves the commission...
...everywhere, if we just look. Republicans should be applauding teachers like Jaime Escalante, the courageous East Los Angeles calculus instructor immortalized in the movie "Stand and Deliver." We must promote crime fighters like Ruben Greenberg, who united a city, empowered its people, and cleaned up the streets of Charleston, South Carolina...
Line dancing is spreading to areas not traditionally considered country- western strongholds. In the boutiquey historic district of Charleston, South Carolina, Southerners are lining up to scoot their boots at the Blue Coyote. This week Denim & Diamonds will open a 16,000-sq.-ft. venue at a former Playboy Club site in midtown Manhattan. "It's not just a fad," maintains Dave Cervini of New York City's C. and W. station WYNY, who has helped promote line-dancing events on New York's Long Island. "You never see drugs, weapons, fights. It's definitely a change...
...delegation of Hurricane Hugo veterans from Charleston has already warned Dade County officials that the worst part is yet to come. "They document you to death. You have to document every nail on every roof," says Councilwoman Lombard sourly. "We had 600 miles of ditch to be cleaned. To document it, we had to walk it. Dade's got 200 miles of canals. Rest assured that FEMA will make them swim it to document it." Though Bush promised total reimbursement for storm cleanup efforts, the island city of Key Biscayne is already % squabbling with FEMA about reimbursement for early debris...