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Later, the press lambasted the President for sending his national security adviser, Brent Scow-croft, on two secret missions to foster better ties with the Chinese leadership. And most recently, while the President has said that the U.S. will not sell China any military equipment, he gave his strong support to a measure that would maintain China's current "most-favored-nation" trade status...
...replay of the famous 1987 saga of the garbage scow that couldn't find a home -- only worse. This time the carrier is a 61-car train. On board: 5,000 tons of sewage sludge, most of it treated human waste. It is nothing to sniff at. In fact, nobody wants...
...stinking scow then headed for a dump site just outside New Orleans. When the Mobro arrived at the Delta town of Venice, Louisiana's department of environmental quality sent inspectors to examine the gunk. Although the bales consisted primarily of paper, investigators discovered hospital items -- syringes, bedpans -- that could pose a health hazard. The bales were also beginning to ooze, and inspectors feared the scum would leak into the river. Governor Edwin Edwards half jokingly threatened to deploy National Guardsmen on the levees with orders to shoot if the barge tried to dock. As the vessel meandered about the Gulf...
Roosevelt and his men rode a scow downriver for three days, pushing through the ice jams. They came upon the thieves' camp and captured them without a fight. A practical man would have obeyed the custom of the territory and hanged the three right there. Some Dakotans were mystified by the course Roosevelt chose. He struggled on for ten more days, downriver and cross- country in brutal cold, standing guard through the nights, until he found a sheriff. He handed his prisoners over to the law. Much exertion over a rowboat. Much exertion, even manic bravado, in behalf...
Frustrating Task. More scow than ship, the 24-year-old Pueblo seemed singularly unsuited for her mission. Her wheezing boilers could deliver a maximum speed of only 13.1 knots. The ship's steering mechanism was worn out. Bucher's initial duty was to supervise the refitting of Pueblo from an Army freighter into a first-class, electronic spy ship. It was a frustrating task...