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...reason why the last election was known as a competition to be "the most powerful man in the world." Executive orders can range from sudden military incursions--like the bombing of Libya or sundry other targets outside our hemisphere--to a quick allotment of funds, perhaps for the cleanup of a Florida hurricane...
...fate of Lop, a captured Viet Cong captain, was a starkly dramatic moment in a nationwide battle that lasted 25 days and was fought in more than 100 cities, towns and military bases. Perhaps 37,000 South Vietnamese guerrillas and North Vietnamese soldiers died during Tet and subsequent cleanup operations. The losses of the American and Saigon-regime forces were about a tenth of that. Tet was a crushing defeat that practically annihilated the political and military capabilities of the Viet Cong. Yet the offensive marked the beginning of the end of U.S. involvement -- a disengagement freighted with national guilt...
...agency is in "excellent shape." But transition officials have some clear ideas about the general direction of reform. First, they want to root out the "true believers" from the Reagan-Bush years. Then they want to establish stronger central controls of department operations. A high priority is the cleanup of the Environmental Crimes section, which one transition official said is "highly politicized and not objectively enforcing...
...vigorous wave action worked as a high-energy cleanser of rocks and beaches. Thus the Shetlands are likely to be spared the costly and environmentally disruptive cleanup that followed the spilling of nearly 11 million gal. of crude (less than half the amount lost by the Braer) into Prince William Sound in Alaska. Says Robert Spies, chief scientist for the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council: "There is ample evidence that overzealous cleanup can be harmful." The chemical detergents, high-pressure sprays and brushes used to clean beaches and rocks after a spill destroy microorganisms that are an important part...
Does all this mean that the scientists, conservationists and cleanup crews can pack their bags and go home? Hardly. Conservation groups such as Greenpeace and the World Wildlife Fund have been using the spill in the Shetlands as a bully pulpit to raise public awareness of the very real danger of the world's overreliance on oil. And, of course, a dramatic event in which animals are threatened makes fund raising easier. Greenpeace ads featuring oil-coated birds and soliciting donations appeared in British papers four days after the accident...