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Venturing into a quasi-war zone such as Cambodia is a traveler's gamble. A group of Mexican tourists recently spotted in the lobby of Phnom Penh's sole luxury hotel were snapping pictures of a wooden model of Angkor Wat, the country's famous 9th century temple complex -- as close as they would get to the real thing. Just days before, Khmer Rouge guerrillas had attacked Siem Reap, the city next to the ruins, and the group's guide refused to go near the place. The Mexicans were forced to content themselves with Phnom Penh -- a city whose attractions...
Bill Clinton's final sales campaign began last Thursday with an anxious burst of phone calls. Yet just five hours before the House would vote on his budget bill, he still lacked a majority. On the phone with Pat Williams, Montana's sole Representative, Clinton found no bargaining leverage. Unlike most of the other legislators with whom Clinton had been cutting deals all week, Williams asked for no specific trade-off in return for his vote. "Pat," Clinton finally pleaded, "I can't pass this without your vote, and my presidency depends on getting this thing through." But Williams refused...
...interesting experience once when I pulled up along side a blacked-out Camaro whose sole occupant wore wrap-around sunglasses, a pink bandanna and all the indications of steroid use. I inched up a little to the light, and when it turned he thrust his V8 engine into action. Of course, he had to brake heavily to stop before the next light, but I arrived, unavoidably, slightly later than he did. Knowing that my horsepower was inferior, I decided that brains would...
...authorities put him on a plane for Lagos, setting an elaborate police operation in motion. In a deal with the U.S., Nigeria refused to let him enter the country. U.S. agents who had slipped aboard the Nigeria-bound jetliner then had him arrested. Rezaq is said to be the sole survivor among the Palestinian hijackers who seized Egypt Air Flight 648 in 1985. After a forced landing in Malta, two women passengers were shot in cold blood; Egyptian commandos stormed the plane, and an additional 58 were killed...
While such concern for endangered species can be irritating and costly, it can also yield unexpected benefits for both wildlife and man. Consider the case of Edwards Aquifer, which flows about 175 miles across six Texas counties and is relied upon for irrigation and as the sole source of water for 1.7 million people in and around San Antonio. It is what biologists call a "hot spot," because the aquifer's spring system is home to 65 species found nowhere else on earth. Among them: the fountain darter, the Texas blind salamander and Texas wild rice. Falling water levels...