Word: saving
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Helmut Kohl has infuriated the Bush Administration by trying to save his political skin with a call on the superpowers to negotiate over short-range nuclear weapons. But however pusillanimous his motives may be, Kohl happens to be right in what he recommends. Tactical nuclear weapons have never made sense, especially concentrated in West Germany, the putative battlefield where World War III would begin. If American tactical missiles were ever fired in anger, they would raise mushroom clouds over German territory and probably kill more local civilians than foreign invaders. If, on the other hand, the missiles were not fired...
...fact, some small investors are buying Treasuries by withdrawing money from accounts in banks or in savings and loans, which prompts Federal Reserve officials to point out that they do not deliberately try to compete with private institutions. Even so, the Government is a tough rival. Its customers can save the $25-to-$50 commissions that brokers and commercial banks charge on Treasury sales by purchasing the securities directly from the Government at a Federal Reserve Bank. For many investors, safety is still the ultimate lure. Said a Chicago police officer after buying a Treasury bond last week...
...Oracle Temple of Siwa Oasis. The walls of this 4th century B.C. temple, where Alexander the Great was supposedly crowned King of Egypt, have developed cracks and are in danger of falling. Egyptian officials hope to save the monument by moving it piece by piece from its present site on shifting sand in the Western Desert to firmer ground. The big question is where...
Jeff Reardon came on to get the final out for his fifth save...
...toll on Alaskan wildlife continued to mount. The body count of 458 fallen otters and 2,889 dead birds represented only a fraction of the casualties. Up to 2,000 otters may have perished. More than 33,000 birds may have died in Prince William Sound alone. To save the 6.5 million sandpipers and 10 million other shorebirds starting to migrate through the region, wildlife experts are trying to scare them away from their favorite stopping-off sites. The naturalists have set up big- barreled propane-powered cannons that are timed to go off noisily at regular intervals. They even...