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...spill, before the crude begins to separate. Unfortunately, by the time a U.S. oil-spill assessment team arrived on the scene, the more volatile components of the oil had evaporated, leaving heavier chemicals that were whipped by waves into a thick water-oil "mousse" or turned into tar balls, which sink...
Though the Pentagon labeled the action "environmental terrorism," Saddam had probably unleashed the oil with military purposes in mind. Tar balls could gum up the desalinization plants along the Saudi coast that provide most of the fresh water to the gulf countries as well as to allied troops. As the Saudis scrambled to divert the slick with surface booms, plans were considered to extend intake lines deep into unpolluted waters and provide backup water supplies. President George Bush sent an interagency team to Saudi Arabia to assist the containment effort...
Twenty years ago my memories of America's social temperature kept me in a feverish, high pitch of militant social protest. I led my vocalizing of that anger by expounding on the African Americans' bleak past as the target of tar burnings, rape, castrations, assasinations and the rest...
...Crimson is promoting divisiveness and stereotyping. We have always acknowledged the achievements of truly accomplished student-athletes and legacies. It is the admissions office which creates the stigma associated with these groups by admitting marginally qualified athletes and legacies who tar others with the perception of "dumb jocks" and "rich alumni kids...
...Thornton points out, most Americans are becoming more conscious of the risks of substance abuse. Instead of filterless Camels and hard liquor, more people are opting for filtered low-tar cigarettes and light beer. It would benefit those who do use drugs if they were able to freely purchase less potent and less long-lasting drugs whose quality (and danger) could be controlled, if they were legal...