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According to William Woody, an investigator for the National Transportation Safety Board, the accident was preceded by a series of commands that put the vessel a mile out of the shipping lanes and into harm's way. Cousins and finally Hazelwood, who had returned to the bridge, issued contradictory orders. Shortly after midnight, the tanker impaled itself on Bligh Reef, its hull torn by gashes, some thought to be 15 ft. wide. At least 240,000 bbl. of oil, equal to 10.1 million gal., poured out of the wounds...
...much of this medical waste really needs tobe disposed of in this expensive way? How much ofhospital waste could really do any harm?" saidMartin S. Bander of Massachusetts General, one ofHarvard's main teaching hospitals. "The samestandards should be applied to all sources of allmedical waste, such as doctor's offices andsurgery centers, which are not now required topack it in the same safe manner as hospitals...
...costly arms race--a war of economic attrition which the weaker Soviet economy has been unable to win--leading to the Gorbachev "reforms." The political and economic costs of the arms race and Soviet expansionism--and the realization that these policies cannot be continued with out doing great harm to the Soviet economy and regime--are what ultimately lie behind recent Russian reforms...
...forcing the issue now will do no good and could do harm by giving Shamir an excuse to dig in his heels. Likud has consolidated its strength in recent local elections, so it would be folly to peg American diplomacy to the more pliable policies of the weakened Labor Party...
...fruit frenzy also taps into the media's fascination with harm with a personal angle. In October 1987 baby Jessica McClure, trapped in a well, grabbed the attention of the global village, garnering the financial resources it took to save her. A heartwarming rescue. Baby Jessica was replaced months later by the icebound whales, and the year was punctuated by children needing organ transplants. Fruit, on the second shelf of the refrigerator, makes good copy...