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...President gets his own way all the time, or should. Democracy is a process of give and take. But a President who does have a clear sense of direction provides the steady compass by which policymakers can steer. He may have to trade off a dam here for a missile base there, or an agricultural subsidy for a few crucial treaty votes in the Senate. But there will at least be a basic consistency, and a conscious awareness of how and why he deliberately chooses to vary the course, to avoid this shoal or take advantage of that prevailing political...
...that most of the 1 million residents of the Khuzistan cities under Iraqi attack had reportedly fled either to central Iran or to nearby mountain refuges. One farfetched rumor had it that if the Iraqis captured Ahwaz, the Iranians would then open the gates of the 666-ft.-high dam on the Dez River near Dezful, thereby flooding much of the low-lying plains of Khuzistan...
...money per capita [$1,850] than any state in the union." Everywhere there are signs of "Maggie's" vast power: $951 million of relief for the victims of Mount St. Helens' eruptions, $5.7 billion in hydroelectric projects on the Columbia River, including the $1.5 billion Grand Coulee Dam complex. Federal grants and contracts to Washington have exceeded $80 billion during his past 13 years as Senator...
...year, vs. just four tons for the most fertile hayfield. Nonetheless, 40% of the nation's wetlands have been destroyed by public and private development. Yet this attrition is slowing: as the natural benefits of wetlands become better understood, laws are being passed to protect them. Even the dam-building Corps of Engineers, which environmentalists blame for much reckless destruction of wetlands, now concedes that in some instances swamps control floods better than...
...Finance Minister during Brazil's prosperous early '70s. He is convinced that the country can solve its problems only by aggressive growth, especially in exports, agriculture and the creation of new energy sources. Thus he is pressing ahead with development projects like the $10 billion Itaipu Dam, the world's largest hydroelectric project. As Delfim explained to TIME Buenos Aires Bureau Chief George Russell: "We are a classic case of an underdeveloped country with an excess of government spending and with difficulty in expanding exports to cover the cost of imports...