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...killed quickly by being coated with crude will still be in danger, as the bottom oil contaminates first microorganisms, then the small fish that eat them, then the larger creatures up the food chain. Fishermen in the port of Cordova (pop. 3,000) fear that their catches of salmon, herring, shrimp and crab will be ruined for years, possibly wiping out their livelihood. Says Barbara Jenson, wife of a fourth-generation fisherman: "I don't think we are going to survive this...
...could not have happened at a worse time. Besides being rich in whales, otters, seals, porpoises, dolphins and many species of birds, the waters around Valdez also contain some of the best commercial fishing grounds in Alaska. The harvest that was to begin this week, when fish such as herring and pink salmon start their annual springtime runs, could be endangered...
...liberal supreme court justices, Joseph Grodin and Cruz Reynoso, are also under conservative pressure this year, although polls show that both of them are faring better than the chief is. Bird's backers charge that many of her opponents are merely using the death-penalty issue as a red herring to achieve a new majority on the seven-judge court, one that would be more sympathetic to business interests in civil cases. The Bird majority has supported tenants and favored the consumer in productliability suits...
While Pennoyer was out of the game on a late holding penalty, Dartmouth's Mike Herring scored off a Chris Bates feed and suddenly the lead was down to one again...
...lose their way? Part of the blame has to lie with the alumni who campaigned to place their insurgents on the Board of Overseers. While the product of a sincere desire to have a say in decision-making, the alumni movement has also drawn students to the governance red herring. Divestment activists who once built shanties now stuff envelopes urging alumni to vote for Peter Wood for Overseer. In the sixties, radical college students learned to distrust their elders. Now their alumni elders have become their role models...