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...first, the Americans pursued the failed French dream: a sea-level passage through the mountains and jungles. In 1906 that plan was overruled in favor of damming the Chagres River to create a vast inland lake that could be entered through flights of locks at either end. That still meant cutting an eight-mile trench through the mountains. Every rainy season, mudslides wiped out months of work in a single moment...
...shame that the decision to allocate resources in a crisis is too often based on political considerations rather than humanitarian need. Richard J. Brennan, M.D. International Rescue Committee New York City Benjamin Coghlan, M.D. Burnet Institute Melbourne, Australia It is wrenching to see the people of a vast and resourceful country suffer such malnutrition, disease and terror while the U.S. and the rest of the world blithely go their own way. You have opened our eyes; now we have to open our hearts. Kurt Frey Cheshire, Connecticut, U.S. My first trip to Congo was in August 1998, just days before...
...Government officials say they need to guard against the Americans because Washington is after their vast oil reserves, the largest in the hemisphere, as global energy supplies dwindle and prices rise. "The imperialist hegemony has kept its eyes on our natural resources," said Jose Franco, naval police commander and head of the military exercises...
...only to businesses with more than 50 employees, just 62% of workers--and only 24% of those making less than $30,000 a year--are eligible. (Many new paid-leave bills would apply to all businesses.) Among those who could legally go on leave under the federal policy, the vast majority, 78%, said they couldn't afford to take advantage of it, according to a 2000 survey by the Department of Labor...
...wrenching to see the people of a vast and resourceful country suffer such malnutrition, disease and terror while the U.S. and the rest of the world blithely go their own way. You have opened our eyes; now we have to open our hearts. KURT FREY Cheshire, Conn...