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...June 22, 1945, the U.S. had conquered Okinawa, just 350 miles from Kyushu, the southernmost of Japan's four main islands. LeMay's bombers set those islands aflame. From March to May, enormous sections of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Kobe, Kawasaki and Yokohama were incinerated. The raids on Tokyo had to be called off after May because scarcely any major targets were left. Of the carnage, LeMay said, "No point in slaughtering civilians for the mere sake of slaughter." He was after military production. But, he added, "the entire population got into the act and worked to make those airplanes...
...plight. "Russia itself can heal the wounds inflicted by the earthquake," Yeltsin added. If Russia accepted the aid, he said "They [the Japanese] will say: give us back the islands." That was a reference to a long-standing dispute between the two countries over control of the four southernmost islands of the Kurile chain, which were seized by Soviet troops at the end of World...
...dialogue." He insisted that there were "no winners or losers" at the bargaining table, but it is difficult not to see the Zapatistas as triumphant. If President Carlos Salinas de Gortari honors the pledges to the insurgents, it could transform the political and economic climate in Chiapas, Mexico's southernmost state and one of its poorest, and improve conditions for Mexico's 6.4 million Indians...
Since ozone loss can increase the amount of ultraviolet radiation reaching earth's surface, the risk of skin cancer may be rising in northern latitudes, as it probably is in southernmost climes. Scientists hope the level of cfcs in the upper atmosphere will peak around the year 2000 and then diminish. What they don't know is how much ozone will be left, whether the areas of severe ozone depletion will expand toward population centers, and how dangerous a 21st century day in the sun will...
Also competing for funds is the Kodiak Restoration Committee, a partnership of native groups, fishermen, businesses and government agencies in the Kodiak Island Borough, a 51,800-sq-km (20,000 sq. mi.) district at the southernmost point of the Valdez spill zone. While the borough's wildlife escaped serious damage, its all-important fishing industry suffered mightily. "Domestic violence and divorces soared, and visits to mental-health services almost doubled," says borough Mayor Jerome Selby. "We're never going to be able to mend the social fabric of the community." The borough wants $280 million to create nature preserves...