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During his campaign for the White House, Bush promised that if his visits affected the lobstermen's livelihood, "I would not come here." But at a meeting with the aggrieved group last week, Coast Guard Captain R.W. ("Bud") Breault offered little hope that the rules would be relaxed. Some lobstermen, claiming that steering clear of the zone could cost them as much as $700 a week in lost catches, vow to continue placing traps in the restricted area...
...sustainable development to work, observed Paulo Nogueira-Neto, environmental adviser to the Brazilian Ministry of Culture, governments will have to devise comprehensive national zoning plans so that their countries can achieve the right mix of preservation and economic growth. Local residents can be encouraged to earn a livelihood in the more robust areas, while habitats that are fragile can be protected. Sustainable development can proceed, noted Kenneth Piddington, director of the environmental department of the World Bank, "right up to a park's boundary...
Willy de Clercq, the chief E.C. negotiator, opposed phasing out all agricultural subsidies that give farmers in some countries an advantage over others in world markets. Nine million E.C. farmers, a politically powerful bloc whose livelihood depends on payments that enable E.C. stockpiling of products like beef, wine and milk, would be certain to oppose such a plan. By contrast, many U.S. farmers, who also rely on Government income supports, favor eliminating farm subsidies -- if foreign farmers follow suit. Reason: they believe U.S. agricultural productivity would give them an edge if competition were fair. Searching for a compromise, Yeutter...
...most important to Ophuls, the people who sheltered Barbie for almost 40 years. These include American counterintelligence officers who used him as an anti-Communist agent, Vatican contacts who spirited him to South America and the corrupt establishments of Bolivia and Peru that helped him earn an enviable livelihood...
...quality of the food at the First Street Cafe seems beside the point. The point is that here is a brand-new restaurant in a brand-new building that is claiming to be charitable while, in fact, it is part of a revitalization effort that might threaten the livelihood of many...