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...failed to clear of Serb forces, the mines had already been detonated. Gushing water threatened to burst the 210-ft.-high (65-m) structure altogether, washing away the homes of 20,000 people downstream. At week's end Croatian officials were working feverishly to shore it up and drain the reservoir behind...
...criticism of the operation, though there was some congressional grumbling about the lack of consultation. One key Congressman, John Murtha of Pennsylvania, who heads the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, was firmly against the move. He saw "no overriding American national interests" in Somalia and thought the intervention would drain the armed forces of funds for personnel and training...
...Owen's volume, he sends his turkeys to a commercial slaughter house, where workers first slit the necks and allow the blood to drain. After immersion in scalding water, the birds go through a de-feathering machine equipped with rubber pins...
...million power plant slated for completion in 1995 may drain revenues from Cambridge Electric and provoke a raise in rates for the rest of the city...
...creation of their own state. After much provocation, Turkey invaded in 1974 and seized the northern third of Cyprus. The Greek community ended up with 160,000 refugees. Turkish Cypriots fared even worse. No country but Turkey itself would grant them diplomatic recognition, and their crippled economy became a drain on Ankara's resources...