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Once Biko dies, barely an hour into the film, Woods carries the narration; he plots his escape to any land that will publish his Biko biography. The police threaten his cute family with errant gunfire and toxic T shirts, and the viewer is meant to recoil from these domestic atrocities. Of course they are horrid, yet their intended impact reinforces, in dramatic terms, the Afrikaners' credo: white lives mean more. Piling on bogus suspense devices as Woods snakes his way toward freedom, Attenborough lets the venality of South African imperialism degenerate into a staid chase film: The Brady Bunch Flees...
...dean of Clemson's College of Forest and Recreation Resources: "The potential we now have for tracking a genetically altered organism in the soil offers a tremendous opportunity. I think this is going to be a breakthrough." Says Jane Rissler, of the Environmental Protection Agency's office of toxic substances: "Unlike larger organisms, which can be tracked visually, these microorganisms are simply very small. The public has a right to know where they...
...longest jury trial in U.S. history -- a 44-month marathon -- finally ended last week in Belleville, Ill. The long-suffering twelve-member circuit court jury found Monsanto Co. guilty of failing to warn the town of Sturgeon, Mo., about the risk of a 1979 spill containing the toxic chemical dioxin. The jury ordered the chemical company to pay $16.2 million in damages, then left the courthouse to celebrate with Judge Richard Goldenhersh over margaritas and daiquiris at a nearby Mexican restaurant. Monsanto, meanwhile, announced that it will appeal...
...island were used as a sludge treatmentsite, it would have to be capped to preventfurther leakage of toxic substances, said QuincyCity Councilor Michael Cheney...
...Spectacle Island is probably leakingsubstances that are presently contaminating theharbor," Cheney said, adding that using the islandwould stop toxic leaks while providing for sludgedisposal...