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Williams has caught on because he offers catchy solutions to complicated problems, with a rustic sincerity that Texans seem to relish. A fourth- generation Texan, he personally leads roundups and spring brandings of the 900 Brangus cattle on his 43-sq.-mi. Happy Cove Ranch in the Big Bend country. He concedes that he once decked a disgruntled ex-employee, explaining, "There are times when you don't call a lawyer." Observes Austin political consultant George Christian: "He typifies what a lot of people think Texas ought...
...future metropolis was still an insignificant place. On the death in 1263 of Alexander Nevsky, who had defended Novgorod from the attacking Swedes and Teutonic Knights, the division of his lands gave the 500-sq.-mi. principality of Moscow to his youngest son Daniel. This son and his successors began buying and occasionally seizing more land, and unlike most Russian princes, they used primogeniture to preserve what they acquired. Ivan I, who became Grand Prince of Moscow in 1328, increased his territory fivefold, and the Metropolitan of the Russian Orthodox Church moved his headquarters there...
Despite assurances that the insecticide poses no threat to humans, many people object to the state's program of spraying malathion from helicopters over a 400-sq.-mi. area that includes Los Angeles and Orange counties. Last week Pasadena passed an ordinance that effectively outlaws spraying within city limits by prohibiting aircraft from flying at altitudes of less than 700 ft. Despite the objections, Governor George Deukmejian plans to continue the spraying. Pasadena is considering filing misdemeanor charges against the pilots involved in the anti-medfly mission...
...swell caused an anchor to tear a 3-ft. gash in the ship's forward compartment. Working by night, the crew plugged the hole within four hours, but an estimated 300,000 gal. of crude poured into the Pacific. At week's end the oil slick covered a 30-sq.-mi. area and was starting to foul beaches and wildlife refuges...
...Science authors do not oppose all asbestos removal, but they contend that it should be done only when the level and type of airborne particles are clearly hazardous. Given the cost of asbestos removal -- $20 or more per sq. ft., or 100 times the price of installing it -- that argument should be a weighty one for policymakers...