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Meanwhile, Coca-Cola and Pepsi officials are scrambling to undo P.R. and ecological damage caused by the painting of soft drink logos on rocks along a 50-km stretch of the beautiful Manali-Rohtang Pass in the Indian Himalayas. India's Supreme Court demanded to know why someone thought it was clever to use scenic boulders as billboards. Company representatives said they knew nothing of the graffiti, blaming local franchisees instead. Now the companies are trying to decide how to remove the paint without doing further harm to the delicate mosses that cling to the rocks. We hear colas will...
...Washington is preparing to impose prison terms of up to six months and fines of up to $10,000 for any future snakehead importers. "Predators of this kind have historically been among our most damaging species," says Simberloff. In most cases, unfortunately, that damage may be impossible to undo...
...White House, where Bush, aides claim, isn't interested in placing blame. "The President is focused on how we prevent a future attack," says communications director Dan Bartlett. "Armchair quarterbacking won't undo history." He and others add that Mueller became FBI chief just a week before the hit. But keeping calm on the sidelines serves another presidential purpose. Ever since it leaked that Bush had been briefed in August on the possibility that al-Qaeda might employ hijacking to advance its terrorist aims, the White House has carefully tried to insulate the President from suggestions that...
...South Africa’s apartheid regime accumulated more than $18 billion in foreign debt in the 15 years before it fell. Today, a democratic South Africa is left to pay its tormentors’ IOUs. By canceling the debt, we would both help Africa fight an epidemic and undo the mercantilist policies of the 1970s and 1980s that ravaged Africa’s economy...
...suite spend their days meditating on the wisdom of John Muir and Henry David Thoreau. On the other hand, a look at the day planners of their Washington lobbyists suggests that as soon as these same executives step out of the public eye, they set loose their minions to undo every piece of environmental legislation past, present or future. Ford contributed heavily to the effort to defeat legislation mandating better gas mileage, and Southern has led the charge to weaken air pollution regulations for utilities. So, what's the true color of corporate America: green or brown...