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...everlasting credit but also to its occasional grief, was never cut out for imperialism. Even the vestige of such an adventure at the beginning of the 20th century is enough to complicate American domestic politics and foreign policy alike at the end of the century. Teddy Roosevelt not only dug the big ditch but helped carve out the little nation around it by supporting secessionists in a malaria-ridden province of Colombia. But no good deed in the pursuit of empire goes unpunished. The legacy that T.R. left his successors has turned increasingly from a strategic and commercial boon...
Bush would do well to remember that Noriega does not respond constructively to threats. Each time the Reagan Administration rattled a saber, he dug in harder. The most promising effort to negotiate Noriega's departure was engineered last year by Spain and Venezuela, which listened attentively to his demands and appreciated the need for face-saving measures. That attempt was cut short by disagreements over who would handle Noriega's exodus...
...present in the soil, and critics argue that landfills are not always moist enough for the plastic to break down. Even some trash that deteriorates can take years to do so. Says Jeanne Wirka, a solid-waste expert at Environmental Action in Washington: "There are newspapers that have been dug up in landfills that are 30 years old and still can be read." Another decided drawback to the degradable material is that it is made from petroleum, a dwindling resource. Says Wirka: "Degradable plastics are a sham...
...Nick Del Vecchio doubled to leftcenter off Princeton hurler Gary Waslewski for three RBI. The Tigers brought in Dan McPhee, but he didn't bring them any relief. After walking his first batter, McPhee met Crimson shortstop Dave O'Connell, who greeted him with a two-run single. McPhee dug himself out of the inning, but the Tigers couldn't dig themselves out of their hole...
...When "Dug"--the name Ari wrote in his notepad for the xerox store proprietor--suggested building higher smokestacks to alleviate the problem of acid rain, Ari knew exactly what he meant. "That way the pollution would go into outer space." But then the potential side effects began to disturb Ari. "It would pollute the Martians...