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...same three-year period, one Soviet bomber crossed U.S. boundaries in the Aleutians and 15 Soviet ships-some of them crammed with electronic gear -entered U.S. territorial waters. One tanker was seized for a pollution violation and was released after the Soviet government paid $1,500 in fines...
...there is nothing that Washington could have done to prevent the shortage of heavy heating oil. For the next few months, the energy shortage seems bound to worsen, barring a return of tranquillity to the Middle East, repair of the Syrian pipeline break and a consequent freeing of tanker tonnage. Nuclear-power plants have been delayed by costs, safety concerns and opposition from environmental groups, and cannot be expected to fill much of the energy gap before the early 1980s. In the meantime, if the nation wants to ease the great shortage, it will have to make difficult choices...
...wonders. The pipeline would occupy less than 15 sq. mi. of Alaska. Still, it would cross 4,800-ft. mountains, 23 rivers, 124 streams and three active earthquake zones. A single rupture could dump as much as 20,000 bbl. of oil, killing all wildlife for miles around. Moreover, tanker spills off Valdez could irreparably harm Alaska's fishing industry. In Arctic waters, where the cold prevents oil molecules from breaking down, the damage could be drastic...
...project was completed last December, and the first load of crude oil was unloaded at Eilat from the Israeli tanker Nivi early this month. The line cost $67 million and can presently convey 133 million bbl. of oil a year. By the addition of more pumping stations, the capacity of the government-owned line could be raised by 1975 to 420 million bbl. That would be just about enough to fill the needs of a country the size of Italy...
...Chicago boyhood? Wonderful! A spell as a thief? Why not? The university? That too. The book ricochets about the Chicago of Bellow's own young manhood; but if the author has a wild yarn to tell about a madman in a lifeboat, he ships Augie out on a tanker; if Mexico appeals to author or hero, off they both...