Word: oiled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sewage is just one of many problems the EPA has encountered as it tries to make the Charles swimmable and fishable. An oil spill earlier this year spread more than half a mile over the Charles River. Boston University assumed full responsibility for the oil spill, which was estimated at under 1,000 gallons...
...been strong, support for the U.S. retaliation has been mixed. Britain, Germany and Israel approve of the U.S. move, while France and sometime Iraqi ally Russia deplore the missile strikes. The most telling effect of international disapproval is the hold up in Iraq's return to the world oil market. The U.N. was on the verge of approving Iraqi oil sales, with the proviso that the proceeds be used for food supplies. Now, the Iraqi government will lose these new resources until it backs down. "Why would Iraq march on the Kurds, when the obvious consequence is losing the oil...
...Helms-Burton law, which permits Cuban Americans to go to court in the U.S. to sue foreign companies "trafficking" in their property seized by the Castro regime, and Iran-Libya sanctions, which bar U.S. financing and export rights to foreign firms making new investments in Libyan or Iranian oil and gas, are something different. They threaten to punish private individuals outside the U.S. who do not obey laws passed by Congress...
...their objectionable behavior. The Turkish gas deal is a case in point. "These laws have nothing to do with fighting terrorism," says French Foreign Minister Herve de Charette. Of course, the Europeans do have an economic interest in retaining links to the outcasts: they import nearly 20% of their oil from Iran and Libya...
...would Demi Moore, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jack Nicholson and Sharon Stone stay on a small island that is just within sight of an oil-tank farm and is located near a busy shipping channel and a sewage-treatment plant? Perhaps it's to bask on a beach of imported white Bahamian sand, flex pecs in the 22,000-sq.-ft. spa, volley at any of the 18 tennis courts or choose from more than 11 brands of bottled water at the local market...