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Mark Woodall Port Arthur, Texas...
Concorde means harmony in French. But last week the needle-nosed, Anglo-French supersonic transport was the center of a bitter diplomatic quarrel that could poison transatlantic relations for years. What set off the dispute was the prospect that the Port of New York Authority would finally refuse landing rights for Concorde at New York's Kennedy International Airport. Instead, the Port Authority's eleven commissioners deferred decision for the third time in a year. The postponement followed intense, eleventh-hour lobbying by the governments of France and Britain and threats from unions in those countries of retaliation...
...weather and any other aspect of the day's events that struck his fancy. In those years, two rounds were played on the final day of a tournament so Darwin would digest the morning round over a midday meal. Afterwards, he would compose his article while sipping port, always for he did not believe in taking highlights out of sequence. This dignified attitude is transparent in what is considered the most famous line Darwin ever penned. "Then it was time to go to tea," he wrote after watching only the first two holes of Henry Cotton's record shattering round...
...catch was a fluke-only once before this year had Boucher caught any yellowtail flounder-but New England fishermen hope that it was an omen. Reason: Shanty Girl was the first dragger to dock at New Bedford, the region's largest fishing port, since a new law took effect on March 1, extending U.S. jurisdiction over fishing in coastal waters to 200 miles from the old limit of twelve. The law is intended to save from extinction many species of fish-as well as much of the U.S. fishing industry...
Another drawback to increased gas imports is the danger of a ship spilling some of its cargo in or near a port. That could result in a catastrophe far worse than the oil spills from tankers that have worried many Americans this winter. As the frozen LNG warms into gas, it could ignite, creating an immense fireball threatening lives and property in the vicinity. Last year New York, New Jersey, Delaware and other coastal states petitioned the Federal Power Commission to promulgate national safety standards that would keep LNG port facilities out of populous areas. The agency is still considering...