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...certain that in the writing of "JFK: The Untold Story," (Jan. 15) Michael R. Grunwald did not act alone...
...problems. In the 19th century, businesses, protected in the interest of economic progress, were isolated from having to pay the costs of their destruction or despoilation of others' property. Allowed to pollute the environment without due regard for others' personal right to property, industry the world over has caused untold environmental damage...
...impact of bombs and marauding armies was bad enough. So why did Iraq have to dump millions of gallons of oil into the fragile waters of the Persian Gulf and thus devastate its marine life? And set an estimated 650 oil-well fires that spewed untold tons of smoke into the air? Some of the direst predictions, including altered weather patterns across Asia, failed to materialize, and the well fires were put out in only eight months (actually faster than expected). But in Kuwait itself, the air remained acrid the whole time, and the oil that seeped into the sandy...
...supplies are scarce, and political repression against Aristide's supporters is fierce. More than 400,000 citizens have fled the capital of Port-au-Prince for the countryside. More than 3,300 have been intercepted by Coast Guard cutters as they attempted the risky passage to Florida. An untold number of others have perished, including 135 who drowned when their overloaded boat capsized off the coast of Cuba last Tuesday...
Sagging Morale. The Desert Storm call-up confronted many in the Guard with an obligation they thought they would never have to fulfill: abruptly leaving their jobs and families to march off to war. Untold numbers of recent recruits had enlisted mainly for the pay and never expected to face combat. Moreover, since many Guard units are assigned to logistical and other support duties needed to transport the massive amounts of military supplies sent to the gulf back to the U.S., they were forced to remain in the war zone long after virtually all the regular troops were sent home...