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Dates: during 1990-1999
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According to Celozzi, the problem was generated by one bad line. A Milford sewage eruption and Boston University oil spill over the summer contributed to further river pollution...

Author: By Charles G. Kels, | Title: Sewage Fills Charles | 9/30/1996 | See Source »

...impossible to recruit new operatives. "The CIA has fled and abandoned a large number of people," says Rend Rahim Francke, director of the anti-Saddam Iraq Foundation in Washington. "All Iraqis--all those in the opposition--feel extremely let down by the U.S." The damage may also spill into the CIA's semicovert operation, aimed at moderating the regime in Iran. "It's going to give pause to anyone wanting to work with us on Iran," says a knowledgeable official...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SADDAM'S CIA COUP | 9/23/1996 | See Source »

...relentless poppiness of much of the album begins to seem ironic when juxtaposed with such truly innovative, unnerving songs as the fifth track, "E-bow the Letter." This song is brimming over with lyrics; words literally spill from line to line. Stipe mesmerizingly free associates about how he can't understand "the star-thing," which seems to refer to the way young kids get fixated on their media heroes. "E-bow" has weight enough to cast the more poppy songs on the album into perspective; in the context of this song, all the various pop genres toyed with...

Author: By Joyelle H. Mcsweeney, | Title: R.E.M. Turns Corn-Belt Rock Gods | 9/19/1996 | See Source »

Earlier this year, an oil spill spread over the river. But the primary problem may be raw sewage entering the river...

Author: By Eunice C. Park, | Title: On Soiled Charles, Crews Get Going | 9/18/1996 | See Source »

...legal system is omnipresent. You can't look at the newspaper or watch TV without hearing about some legal action, whether it's a dramatic case like the one involving O.J. Simpson, or an insider trading infraction, or a class action against the cigarette industry, or an oil spill," he said...

Author: By Amber L. Ramage, | Title: New Course Offerings Excite, but Beware Enrollment Limits | 9/13/1996 | See Source »

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