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...tanker to an unqualified third mate. The mate shouts contradictory orders to the helmsman and eventually impales the vessel on a reef, causing millions of gallons of oil to gush from the mangled hull. Companies that boasted they had the equipment and manpower in place for a quick cleanup turn out to have hardly anything available and lose irreplaceable days getting into action. Then, almost predictably, the calm weather gives way to high winds that render their efforts ineffective...
...Cleanup crews continued to skim mayonnaise-thick oil from Prince William Sound, but progress was slow and the oil had spread over an area larger than Delaware. The animal death toll rose and salmon hatcheries remained endangered...
...Washington, Sen. Alan Cranston and Rep. Mel Levine accused the federal government of covering up the possibility of a major spill and the ineffectiveness of cleanup technology. The California Democrats also asked President Bush to cancel oil leasing off the California coast pending a review of the program...
...addition, other public service projects--the Boston Harbor cleanup and construction of the Central Artery--will receive the state's top priority in the next few years...
Devastated by bad management, rampant fraud and inept Government supervision, hundreds of thrifts are insolvent. The President's rescue plan calls for taxpayers and S & Ls to share the burden of a cleanup that could cost $200 billion over three decades...