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...unbearable. On top of that, workers must wear gas masks and carry oxygen packs, since just a whiff of the invisible hydrosulfide gas that seeps from the ground can cause instant death. "In winter it is difficult to motivate anyone to work," says Larry Barthold, general manager of the joint venture that U.S. oil giant Chevron and the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan have formed to tap the wealth that lies beneath this forbidding site. "In summer everyone smells funny because of the antimosquito spray. And it's so hot, work does not continue at a steady pace...
...story. Countries that were not part of the communist orbit but kept their oil industries under tight national control are also opening their arms to the capital, technology and management skills that international oil firms offer. Venezuela's state-owned oil industry took in foreign partners last year, entering joint ventures with Conoco, Mitsubishi and Shell. Foreign firms have flocked into Colombia to develop the Cusiana and Cupiagua fields, which together constitute the largest find in the western hemisphere since wildcatters struck oil in 1967 in Alaska's Prudhoe...
...Based on my work experience and my knowledge, Colonel North is not someone I could support or work for." -- Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell...
Automated teller machines have been particularly lucrative. ATMS were once touted as free high-tech conveniences, but a joint study by the Consumer Federation and uspirg found that customers now pay 95 cents on average each time they use a local ATM system and $1.10 for each use of a national network. And because ATMS require neither salaries nor benefits, most of those fees flow straight to the bottom line; another Consumer Federation survey estimated that banks typically reap 78 cents in profit for every $1 they charge to use the machines. Some go so far as to levy...
...urging of veterans' groups, the Clinton Administration endorsed legislation that would provide benefits to Desert Storm veterans who claim to be suffering from "Persian Gulf War syndrome," the so-far unexplained series of ailments that sufferers say can include joint pain, memory loss and heart problems...