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...exactly the wrong part of the river--the broad, shallow heart of the estuary that serves as a nursery for striped bass, bay anchovies and American shad. The plants suck in water with great force; Indian Point alone uses a million gallons a minute. Fish small enough to slip through the meshes are killed at once. Larger fish are impaled on the screens and killed or maimed. Riverkeeper has forced Indian Point to install $25 million worth of fish-saving equipment, and in 1994 the group successfully sued to make the Environmental Protection Agency set official safety standards for power...
...earlier works, especially many he originally recorded with Art Garfunkel, his renditions of "Mrs. Robinson" and "Bridge over Troubled Waters" were unconvincing testimonies of his solo career. But the latter-day Simon finally came out during less-instrumental tinged moments such as an almost a capella version of "Slip Slidin' Away". At last, his didactically bohemian hand gestures appeared appropriate. Simon wanted to tell us a story, and we were willing to listen...
When Kevin Ross was a stockbroker in Phoenix, Ariz., and the pressure got to be too much, he would slip into a dark room and drape a wet washcloth over his forehead. He wasn't playing with his own money in those days, but the stress could be pretty brutal nonetheless. Then Ross had an epiphany: embrace the pressure and go for broke. Last February he gave up his six-figure income and moved to San Francisco to become a day trader...
There may have been no ticker tape parade for General Wesley Clark, but that doesn?t mean he?s getting the military version of a pink slip. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that General Clark, who commanded NATO forces in the war over Kosovo, will be removed from his command two months ahead of schedule early next year, linking the move to alleged tensions between Clark and the Pentagon over the conduct of the campaign. But the military?s explanation for the move may hold more water. "The fact is, Clark won the war," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson...
...when it comes to politics, the Snake is still a rank amateur. Kosovo is in ruins, his rebel army is edgy about its demilitarization, and political rivals on all sides are waiting for him to slip up. He'll also face political challenges at home--most notably from the elected President of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, and from newspaper publisher Veton Surroi. Still, the U.S. has anointed him, at least temporarily, as its man. On a visit to Pristina last week, State Department spokesman Jamie Rubin took Thaci for a highly public cup of coffee at a well-known downtown cafe...