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...RAPE, WITH AN age of AIDS twist: a woman who protects her life by cooperating with her assailant -- in this case by offering him a condom -- risks the charge that she invited the assault. In Austin, Texas, the first grand jury that heard the case against Joel Rene Valdez may have concluded just that, refusing to bring charges against Valdez, who wielded a knife during the attack. Valdez apparently told the police -- and the local media -- that because his alleged victim had the presence of mind to provide him with a prophylactic in mid-rape, she clearly must have consented...
...resolutions concerning businesses and the environment, the committee voted against forcing its companies to adhere to the environmental protection measures stated in the Valdez Principles. It also voted against forced energy conservation measures...
Also competing for funds is the Kodiak Restoration Committee, a partnership of native groups, fishermen, businesses and government agencies in the Kodiak Island Borough, a 51,800-sq-km (20,000 sq. mi.) district at the southernmost point of the Valdez spill zone. While the borough's wildlife escaped serious damage, its all-important fishing industry suffered mightily. "Domestic violence and divorces soared, and visits to mental-health services almost doubled," says borough Mayor Jerome Selby. "We're never going to be able to mend the social fabric of the community." The borough wants $280 million to create nature preserves...
...without. Trustees say privately that they will probably devote some of the settlement to habitat protection and scientific studies but bank most of it in an endowment. A preliminary plan could be released early next year. But given the competing claims and heated emotions, it, like the Exxon Valdez spill itself, will almost certainly leave in its wake a residue of anger and disappointment...
...should the Exxon Valdez settlement money be spent...