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...over the ruins with picks and shovels, but just as often they would fall to their knees and scoop out debris with their hands. Orders, screamed out in any of several languages, often went unheard. At night the wreckage looked especially eerie as workers kept digging under the harsh glare of floodlights...
...planned for months, turns out to be advantageous. Washington has been buzzing about Nancy Reagan's health, tying rumors of illness and low morale to her husband's re-election plans. There is no better antidote for the speculation than 26 hours in the New York media glare...
Interior bureaucrats also expect the glare of public attention on the department to soften under Clark. Watt's public remarks got in the way of gaining broad support for his policies. As one department official puts it: "He's a great fella, but why did he have to shoot his mouth off like that?" Though Clark may be far less vocal, Interior aides expect him to be an aggressive boss, despite his inexperience with environmental issues. On the other hand, no radical shifts in policy are expected. Says one department veteran: "Reagan and Watt didn't have...
fusing the classical blaze of the late tragedies with the hard, bright glare of contemporary comedy and the flickering pageantry of the renaissance masque and the special illumination of the Christian Mystery play...
Those who care about the national parks should redouble their efforts to fight Reagan's policies. With Watt's departure the environment could cease to be a high-profit issue. Certainly, environmental issues should continue to command public attention. But somehow they will look different without the glare off of Jimmie Watt's cranium...