Word: sheerly
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Less predictable, however, are the effects of the farm pesticides and industrial chemicals churning in the silt-encrusted swamps and ponds marooned by subsiding rivers. While hydrologists anticipate that the sheer volume of water will dilute and neutralize any toxicity, no one knows what dangers, if any, are posed by toxic runoff from hundreds of submerged factories, fuel- storage facilities and waste dumps. "Think of all this stuff making a witches' brew of new compounds," says Kevin Coyle, president of American Rivers, an environmental group in Washington. "We have no precedent...
Only . . . statistics, and even the view from rooftop level, give little idea of the sheer extent of inundation. That can really be glimpsed only from the air, as by the crew of a U.S. Coast Guard Dolphin helicopter that flew over the St. Louis area last week to survey the damage and scout places where it might later land to evacuate flood victims. The seemingly endless expanse of water made visual navigation difficult by submerging the landmarks pilots usually look for. Long stretches of highway and railroad tracks were invisible; river islands had disappeared; the river channels themselves could...
...sheer length of the investigation seems to have derailed any potential it had for heading off legal action by some guards...
...almost three years of economic sanctions have not led the Iraqi people to rise up against Saddam Hussein. His people fear him; some hate him and ardently wish for his death. But there are no signs of destabilization within the regime. So why has the Iraqi regime changed tack? Sheer exhaustion, it would seem. While Saddam's hold on power appears secure, his subjects are hungry, his weapons of mass destruction are dismantled, and his economy is a shambles. "They just don't have the ability to retaliate," says a diplomat. "If they didn't blow up planes and embassies...
Another facet of her secret is sheer vitality. There is great energy in her step; when she enters a room, she makes an immediate impact. She radiates health, and for good reason. She still rides, swims regularly and is an implacable hiker. The hikes occur at her country estate in Middleburg, Virginia, and at her spread in Sun Valley, Idaho. That's where she goes to relax (always accompanied by legions of houseguests...