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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some legal authorities have already called for prosecution according to the letter of the law. If North, Bush and Wright are guilty, these wimps argue they should be sent to jail. Never mind that "jail" would probably be some cushy condominium near a golf course where the "criminals" could write their memoirs and make millions. Never mind that J. Danforth Quayle would wind up president of the United States...

Author: By Joshua M. Sharfstein, | Title: A Tooth for a Tooth | 4/20/1989 | See Source »

Geer said the petition was sparked by a situation a couple of years ago in which a residential area along the northern part of Mass Ave. near Porter Square was re-zoned as a commerical district by the Zoning Board...

Author: By Kirsten L. Parkinson, | Title: Group Seeks End to Variances in Residential Areas | 4/18/1989 | See Source »

...little, Gwich'in are hungry for caribou," says the chief, speaking of a hunger that is more than a physical appetite. "If there are no caribou, people will not want to live here anymore." It is for this reason that tribe members oppose oil development. Caribou will not calve near rigs or pipelines, they argue. "Oil does not combine with living things," says Tritt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: A Tale of Two Villages | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

Hazelwood, who fled Alaska soon after the accident to avoid arrest on drunken-piloting charges, finally turned himself in last week near his home on Long Island. He was initially held on $1 million bail, a figure 40 times higher than prosecutors had recommended. But it was reduced to $25,000 on appeal, and Hazelwood was released. The FBI is looking into whether he can be charged with criminal violations of the federal Clean Water Act. According to a report in the Anchorage Times last week, Hazelwood may have done more than just hand the ship over to an uncertified...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: The Two Alaskas | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...well-trained forces of the South West Africa Police, including former members of the notorious "Koevoet" (crowbar) counterinsurgency unit, were waiting for the guerrillas. In the first large-scale clashes near the border town of Ruacana, 38 SWAPO guerrillas were mowed down by machine-gun fire, while two policemen were killed and 14 wounded. Elsewhere, the guerrillas fared little better. All told, at least 260 guerrillas and 28 Namibian security police were killed. UNTAG, which had less than one-fourth of its planned force on hand and barely 200 soldiers in the area of fighting, could do no more than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Namibia Botching the Peace | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

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