Word: crude
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rudder and ran aground off the Brittany coast of France on the night of March 16, 1978, the result was history's biggest oil-tanker spill as well as the most costly maritime accident ever. The $15 million ship and its $24 million cargo of Middle Eastern crude were lost in the icy waters. In addition, the 68 million gal. of oil created a slick 18 miles wide and 80 miles long and polluted 130 miles of the scenic French coast, raising the cries of environmentalists around the world. Last week a federal district judge in Chicago ruled that...
...spill resulted in damages and cleanup expenses that cost the French as much as $95 million. Local communities suffered losses of an additional $30 million. About 6,000 volunteers, aided by French soldiers, skimmed, scooped and sucked up 25,000 tons of crude from beaches, rocks and harbor floors. Nonetheless, some 10,000 shore birds died from the effects of the spill, and some 5,000 tons of contaminated oysters had to be destroyed...
...most evidence of the accident has disappeared. The coastline is clean and the shore birds have returned. Production of marketable oysters resumed in 1981. Scientists say that natural processes such as waves and tides dispersed much of the pollutant and that bacteria broke down some of the crude. An estimated 18,000 tons of oil deposited on the sea floor have all but vanished. After last week's decision, however, it may take Amoco a lot longer to recover...
...first paragraph of the HJLSA letter, after reciting recent (and we might add tragic) attacks against Israeli citizens, concluded with a statement to the effect that the teach-in appeared to be designed "to show support for these terrorist acts." To call this a crude attempt at innuendo would be a gross under-statement. Does this mean that anyone who wished to listen to an "unpopular" point of view on the Palestinian issue supports terrorism...
...comments by Pi Eta members watching the protest were crude. They were not without a point, however, i.e., is it not concern able that organizations such as GLSA are equally morally reprehensible to some students' (No! No! Never at such a broad-minded University!) Or is it the case that morality is judged by popular ballot--more people despise Pi Eta's sexual ethic (as allegedly represented in its newsletter) than despise other groups' sexual choices? If this is the case then prepare for the worst--and don't scream when some majority legislates your morality...