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...spill occurred last week when the 237,698-ton supertanker Showa Maru ran aground at the eastern entrance to the Malacca Strait between Singapore and Malaysia on the north and Indonesia on the south. The impact tore open the ship's bottom, and an estimated 20,000 bbl. of oil leaked into the water. The five-square-mile slick that formed first threatened to smear the sparkling white beaches of Singapore's Sentosa Island, then began drifting westward toward more open water...
...spill could not have come at a worse time or in a worse place. The Malacca Strait is a key short cut in the "lifeline" route followed by most supertankers on the long voyage from the Persian Gulf to Japan. Japanese officials had just completed a survey of ship traffic through the narrow, heavily traveled waterway. As the slick was spreading, they were meeting with authorities from the Strait nations to discuss the survey and consider new safety regulations for ship traffic. Now they fear that the oil spill may lead to new restrictions on supertankers in the Strait...
...month at the Mizushima industrial complex in the city of Kurashiki. About 50,000 bbl. of oil poured into the Inland Sea-a national park area as beloved as Mount Fuji-and tarred 100 miles of scenic coastline. Beyond the aesthetic damage, which has caused a national outcry, the spill has wreaked havoc with the local fishing and edible seaweed industries; losses are estimated at $40 million...
...THIS stuff he knows, and he knows it is important. But he's reticent--the reticence of a trade that keeps to itself, suspicious of anyone who doesn't know what it's really like, belligerent. And he's afraid--he's too much an ironworker to spill everything out at once, thinking of his pals reading the book: the revelations come in spurts and cut themselves short. He's bored: the job has made him feel that it just doesn't matter to write it all down because his readers are bigwigs and wouldn't understand anyway and hell...
Hemispheres does have its share of flaws. All the tables, for example, seem to have one leg that is shorter than the others, and on those occasions when the Bifstek is tough, your efforts to cut it may spill water over you and your friends. And, although the waitresses are friendly, the service is often slow--probably the result of understaffing. If you're in a hurry, you'd better stop next door at Tommy's; if not, be prepared for a very leisurely meal...