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Even on that first scary morning, though, there were a few seconds on the downstream run when six of the eight were rowing in nearly perfect sync, no boats were on our tail, and no bridges were in sight for at least a few minutes. For those few seconds, I felt an unusual rush of completeness and connection with the rowers. I was their eyes, and I was doing the job correctly. I made it into the dock in triumph, experiencing the type of thrill that for me was usually came after a good exam or editing a story well...
...didn't want it at Yucca Mountain, and Washingtonians particularly didn't want it at Hanford. In fact 84% of Washington voters took that view in a referendum last November. A key reason: Hanford is only five miles from the Columbia River, so any leakage might find its way downstream to Portland. Opponents of the plan charge that Washington is basing its choice on political grounds. The U.S. already owns the 570-sq.- mi. Hanford site, and most of the local citizens favor the nuclear industry as the basis for their jobs. Even this traditional view is changing, however...
...some regions military aircraft were used to strafe villages in revolt. Peasants retaliated by slaughtering more than 40% of the nation's cattle. Tens of thousands of men and women were shot; one border police commander reported to the Politburo that the rivers were filled with bodies going downstream. Meanwhile, productivity plummeted; Soviet agriculture lay in ruins...
Concern over the accident mounted as the poisonous slick moved downstream. When the extent of the devastation became clear, European officials fired a barrage of criticism at Swiss authorities, complaining that they had failed to supply news about the accident for 24 hours and then had not properly warned neighboring countries about the extent of the damage. "The Swiss have treated us in a beastly manner," complained Neelie Smit-Kroes, the Dutch Minister for Transport and Public Works. The Swiss assuaged tempers somewhat by accepting responsibility for the accident and stating that they would consider paying compensation. The delay...
...Rhine, however, those measures may be too late. Scientists say the accident has biologically devastated the river along a 180-mile stretch north of Basel. Perhaps the most damage was done by several hundred pounds of the mercury-based fungicide Tillex, which settled into the riverbed just downstream from the Sandoz warehouse. It will have to be dredged up as soon as possible, Swiss authorities said, or the current may wash it farther downstream. "The Rhine will be dead for years to come," said Professor Ragnar Kinzelbach of the Technical University in Darmstadt, West Germany. Although locks and floodgates were...