Word: exploitationism
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To those not brought in the fold, the word "missionary" evokes a peculiar response. Some people conjure up images of civilized, altruistic Christians devoting their lives to instructing ignorant tribesmen in the rudiments of modern medicine. Others think in terms of the colonial exploitation of an economically dependent Third World...
Indeed, Interior Secretary James Watt, 44, has lost none of that astringent seriousness of his Wyoming boyhood. Even more, he still seems powered by youth's missionary energy, the sense of absolute righteousness that maturity usually softens. "It is really very simple," Watt says of his really very complex...
Wilderness. Under current laws, the 80 million acres of pristine U.S. wilderness will be permanently closed to any new mining and drilling leases after next year. Watt has proposed modifying the ban: in 18 years all wilderness lands would become available for exploitation. (Last week the House unequivocally rejected Watt...
Boutique browsers have snapped up more than 100 pairs since the jeans went on display in May. At one shop a businessman bought two pairs each for himself and his wife. Such conspicuous consumption, though, has caused a stir. A Singapore newspaper called the blue-jeans binge "nothing less than...
Watt's basic plan for leasing the Outer Continental Shelf has been known for more than a year. Late last month he approved a "revised" version of the leasing scheme, offering 25 times the offshore area that has been available for exploitation since the program began in 1954. Seven...