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...flames ignited the cargo, which had begun to spill into the sea. For most of the day, the tanker burned, sending thick coils of black smoke rolling hundreds of feet into the air and bathing the area in an eerie orangish glow. Strong westerly winds blew a 75-mile-long cloud of choking smog toward shore, depositing thick black goo on houses and cars and coating newly shorn sheep with an oily film. Up to 25 miles inland, farmers reported an "oily rain" falling on their crops...
...virtually impossible to write about a place where the clock stands still. The one willful exception is Niihau, a privately owned cultural preserve in Hawaii. All visitors, movies, alcohol and dogs are banned from the 18-mile-long island, and Government officials are not permitted to spend the night among the 226 residents, most of whom still claim pure Hawaiian ancestry. On the mainland, small ironies continue to tinge a region's complexion. New Yorkers complain about the Hispanization of the Big Apple, while New Mexicans of Spanish descent grump that their state is becoming too Anglo...
People watching from apartments overlooking the mile-long route applauded from open windows. Encouraged by the support, the demonstrators shouted their slogans even louder: "No freedom without Solidarity," "Freedom of speech," "We want truth." When a group of priests waved from a church balcony, the crowd picked up the chant, "The priests are with us. The Pope is with us." Crucifixes bobbed alongside Solidarity banners and Polish flags. Said a Warsaw University student: "The Pope's presence gives the people courage to say what they think. What you see here is the real Poland...
Much of what has gone wrong in the Caribbean traces to the very success of its economic development. Some 100 million tourists flock to the region every year. Hotels and condominiums are springing up almost everywhere, from the volcanic islands of the Antilles to the 100-mile-long stretch of hitherto virtually untouched barrier reef off the tiny Central American republic of Belize. Along with the vacationers has come a multitude of corporate enterprises: petrochemical plants, electronics factories, cement works. Attracted by special economic enticements and an eager labor force, industry now occupies or overlooks once pristine mangrove swamps...
Aside from export setbacks-prices for copper and cobalt dropped sharply-much of the loan money that flowed in was not spent wisely. Among Mobutu's development projects was a huge undertaking to dam the Zaïre River and to build a 1,100-mile-long power line to the Shaba copper-producing region at a total estimated cost of about $1 billion. Eight months after the power was finally turned on in 1981, the current was switched off. Shaba province happens to be self-sufficient in electricity. Says one Western diplomat: "If ever there was a white...