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...past several hundred years, the area of the globe covered by rain forest has decreased by some 44%. According to one U.N. study, 23,000 sq. mi. of rain forests are cut down every year -- an area about the size of West Virginia. One World Resources Institute staffer calculated that developers leveled 350 sq. mi. of rain forest while the biodiversity conference...
Although Dole hopes to expedite the case, a staffer believes the Senate could "be here at Christmas" if all Claiborne's requests are granted. Even so, it may not be another 50 years before the Senate goes through the ordeal again. At least two other federal judges, Alcee Hastings of Florida and Walter Nixon of Mississippi, could follow Claiborne into the impeachment labyrinth...
...deeper into Iraq and then through the gulf is too serious to be ignored. Windows in Kuwait already rattle from Iranian artillery bombardments just 15 miles away. Saudi Arabia and other neighboring states are growing increasingly nervous. "Complacency can be fatal," says Gary Sick, a former National Security Council staffer who has kept a close eye on Iran. "The ramifications of a possible Iranian victory are just so enormous that we've got to think them through...
...reason for it. The President's address was in part designed to showcase a symbolic centerpiece: the announcement that the U.S. was sending a black Ambassador to South Africa. The name of the nominee had already seeped out: Robert Brown, a North Carolina businessman and former Nixon staffer. But in further checking, the Administration became concerned about Brown's business association in the past with Alhaji Umaru Dikko, an exiled Nigerian leader who has been charged with embezzling millions of dollars. Brown was hastily persuaded by the White House to withdraw his name...
...White House staffer complains that "Poindexter refuses to concede that explanation and promotion of policy is part of his job. At times, it hurts us." Poindexter, frankly admitting his weakness as a public spokesman, has told his aides, "I'm worried about that, but considering the things I do best, it doesn't make sense for me to change." He added, "I'm here to serve the President...