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...from a poetic empathy that the author feels for the objects and forces that confront his men. Fearful of a rapids just ahead, Gentry imagines: "We would spin broadside and the whole river and all the mountains it came from would fall on us, would pour into the canoe, ton after ton, never ending." Part of the book's charm comes from Dickey's knowledge and love of the outdoors, of guitar playing, of archery. Dickey also manages an overwhelmingly graphic description of a man shot through the chest with a hunting arrow and slowly dying...
...those responsible for oil pollution of U.S. territorial waters. The bill, which President Nixon quickly signed into law, represents an unprecedented rupture in the congressional tradition of pandering to the oil industry. It calls for unlimited liability in cases of willful negligence, plus liability of $100 per gross ton of oil, up to $14 million, for accidental spills. The latter provision is particularly noteworthy since willful neglect has proved exceed ingly difficult to establish in court. The bill also places strict liability on oil ship pers, whom Hickel terms "the greatest polluters of our waters...
...word out to the community. "We believe that it's our job to reach out." he said. "When we do perceive a problem we are eager to bring it to the attention of our clientele." available to the community to use us to achieve their own purposes. ????ton said. Newman says that the poverty lawyer must tell the community that "whatever they want you to do you'll do, as long...
Postmaster General Winton Blount could only move to lessen the strike's effects, not to end the walkout. Mail destined for affected cities was embargoed, and began piling up by the ton. Mailboxes were ordered sealed. Jailing workers or union officials, a weapon allowed by statute, promised only a tauter confrontation. A court order barring the strike was ignored by the rank and file, who courted contempt citations...
...transport monopolies, protecting inefficient carriers from competition at the expense of the public. It permits massive discrimination in rates, a practice that it was expressly set up to forbid. Where railways have no water-borne competition they have charged shippers five times as much, computed on a cents per ton-mile basis, as they charged in areas where they had to compete. That sort of practice, the report argues, has caused consumers to pay an incalculable amount in excess charges and has led to severe distortions in the economy. In addition, carriers charge more per pound for high-value, mostly...