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...what clear-cuts have done to the Oregon landscape. "Either my eyes were lying, or I was kidding myself about logging being sustainable," he says. From the air, Oregon's national forests look far worse than the rain forests of Rondonia, Brazil, which has become a symbol of the wanton destruction of the Amazon. Atiyeh argues that automation and exports have cost far more jobs than the protection of endangered species has. Between 1980 and '88 the amount of timber cut in western Oregon increased 19% while timber employment fell 14%. The Administration's hard line on the environment does...
...They shall bee slow to speak, & eschew not onely oathes, Lies, & uncertaine Rumours, but likewise all idle, foolish, bitter scoffing, frothy wanton words & offensive gestures...
...areas last week. His guardians were so concerned for his security that they would not tell TV crews what route he would take, lest live coverage draw hostile demonstrators. But some showed up anyway, chanting "Go Home" or "No Justice." In response, Bush delivered a many-sided message. "Just wanton lawlessness," he said, viewing the twisted skeletons of washers and dryers in a torched laundromat. But he also told police officers that he wanted to "get at the root cause" of the unrest, and he promised federal help in rebuilding Los Angeles -- while yet remarking that "dumping largesse" from Washington...
...hours, fearsome anarchy spread along the streets and freeways of a city designed around the car and free mobility. Gangs attacked luckless drivers, beating and robbing and leaving them sprawled on the roadways. Hovering news helicopters captured several of these assaults; footage rivaling the King video in its wanton brutality was broadcast worldwide. L.A.'s 7,800-member police force, working on alternating 12-hour shifts, was overwhelmed by the scope of the violence. Wholesale looting went largely unchecked; many of the more than 3,700 fires started during the rioting raged out of control, since police protection was unavailable...
...wanton stages of undress...