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There is a certain overtone of good-humored complaint here that can't have been idly considered. The performer is in a season of discontent: stature secure in pop history, but history threatening to leave him behind. All those powerhouse rock bands from the Pacific Northwest pumping out chords that sound so often like unacknowledged devotionals to the Rolling Stones. All those rancid rock memoirs (the most recent by Angela Bowie) detailing decadences of years past -- sometimes decades past -- that grow drearier with each retelling, antique outrages that have lost the power to shock. Longevity in rock is an elusive...
...Bruce Babbitt, the former Arizona Governor, had to run a gauntlet of Western Senators who left the impression that the government has unreasonably locked up vast tracts of forest. All it takes, however, is a flight over the tattered quilt of arbitrary-looking patches that remain of the Pacific Northwest's forests to refute bland assurances of responsible stewardship...
...full-scale military assault. For 20 seemingly endless minutes, U.S. forces directed a massive array of firepower from AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters, M1A1 Abrams tanks and amphibious assault vehicles, all aimed at two arsenals controlled by warlord General Mohammed Farrah Aidid in the Somali capital's northwest. The offensive was ostensibly in retaliation for sniper fire at U.S. troops, but the blazing-gun approach carried a clear warning to Somalia's increasingly bold gunmen that they continue to lurk and menace at their peril. Perhaps 21 Somalis were killed in the confrontation, the bloodiest since Operation Restore Hope began...
...Drug Administration and Canadian authorities as an approved treatment for ovarian cancer. It is also being investigated for possible effectiveness in combatting breast and other cancers. The only catch: treating one patient takes four trees' worth of bark, and Pacific yews, which grow in protected forests in the Pacific Northwest, are rare. But taxol seems to be available from the trees' needles as well, and pharmaceutical firms are working to synthesize it in the lab. Scientists may be able to resolve the conflict between preserving wilderness and saving human lives...
That suit was unexpectedly settled last week when the Interior Department agreed to add about 400 species (mostly plants in Hawaii, California, the desert Southwest and Pacific Northwest) over the next four years -- roughly half as many as the 750 species now protected. The plaintiffs, including Friends of Animals and Defenders of Wildlife, applauded the move. But why the change of heart? One theory: the Administration believes the Endangered Species Act is a political nightmare, and the more species on the list, the bigger the headache for Bill Clinton...