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...work gangs attempted to scoop up the sticky scum on beaches and in inlets, dismayed marine biologists and fishermen were already giving a fairly bleak assessment of the long-term damage. Because the Amoco Cadiz's oil is lighter and was released closer to the French shore than that from the Torrey Canyon, which blackened the English coast a decade ago, it had spread faster and penetrated deeper into Brittany's many inlets and estuaries. Even farther out to sea many food fish, except possibly sole, which stay near the bottom, will be contaminated. The season...
Despite the lobbying, the issue was still very much in doubt the weekend before the vote. Even some eventual supporters, like Henry (Scoop) Jackson, were growing concerned that the treaty might contribute to a weakening American posture around the world. The vote on the treaty was coming up just after the Russians and the Cubans had chased the Somalis out of Ethiopia. "A lot of members are uneasy about the African situation," said Jackson...
...trickiest ethical decision in journalism so far this year might have been taken, but wasn't, by Kay Graham, chairman of the Washington Post Co. Her Newsweek had the legal rights to the H.R. Haldeman book. Her Washington Post had got hold of a copy and wanted to scoop everybody. What...
...Corp. were trying to renegotiate-or back out of-their agreements. They argued that 1) the Post's story on Haldeman's book had turned their expensive excerpts into damaged goods, 2) the Times had damaged them further by rushing into print after the Post's scoop, and 3) the New York Times Co. had failed to provide adequate security against premature disclosure...
...bank." But then the Post accused the Times of "managing the news" by -trying to maintain a predetermined publication date-although protecting a publication or release date is hardly what is generally understood by management or suppression of news. Even more absurdly, the Post compared its scoop to the Times disclosure of the Pentagon papers, appealing to the Constitution in the process...