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Once they exceed a pachydermous 250,000 tons-about four times the size of the Queen Elizabeth 2, for example -oceangoing oil carriers are classified as supertankers. Like elephants, they can also be superterrors. Purists dislike their wallowing bulk. Mariners fret about a 1,200-ft. ship that may require half a harbor to slow down, needs miles of room for a minor change in course and in extremis could wreak disaster. Sure enough, disaster occurred last week in waters off South Africa's Cape St. Francis...
Harris views cultural history as the outcome of the growth of populations until their demands exceed available resources which encourages ever greater intensification of production. Inevitably, as ecologists like Barry Commoner have warned loudly for the last decade, this leads to depletion of the environment. For a culture to survive, it must then evolve technologically and begin all over again. As a rule it is rare to encounter blatantly obvious "logic" such as his declaration that "similar variable under similar conditions tend to give rise to similar consequences." Indeed Harris while avowedly a cultural determinist covers himself from sniper-fire...
...loans would exceed the cost of a student's tuition under the plan, and no interest would be charged on loans, McCracken said. Silber's proposal also calls for the addition of a service charge to the total amount of the loan to cover the cost of running and insuring the program, McCracken added...
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Whether for profit or for revenge, arson has become one of the most deadly, costly, and, for law enforcement officials, maddening crimes in the country. Deliberatley started fires now exceed 100,000 a year, up 400% since 1967. Last year there were 6,776 reported arsons in New York City alone. In Chicago, arson has tripled in less than three years, and in crime-plagued Detroit it is up 12% over last year alone. But the most shocking statistics come from San Francisco, which has experienced a 700% increase in arson in five years. Says Lieut. James Mahoney, chief investigator...