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...theory has yet to be put into practice. Although the U.S. has three sites-Hanford, Wash., Beatty, Nev., and Barnwell, S.C. -for the disposal of such low-level wastes as contaminated clothing and the radioactive materials used by hospitals, it does not have a permanent repository capable of handling spent fuel rods. Attempts to create such a facility at Hanford were halted when the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Geological Survey, the State of Washington and the Yakima Indians all joined together to object because of uncertainties about underground water movement...
Sitting inches from the prop wash of his UH-1H ("Huey") helicopter, Salvadoran Army Colonel Julio César Yánez López stared with satisfaction at the thin plumes of smoke coiling across the scrubby landscape below. "We're fighting terrorists, not guerrillas with a noble cause," he announced as the chopper settled to earth alongside a cornfield crackling with flames. "We're going to integrate Usulután back into the economic life of this country...
They may or may not help against gales fully capable of holding ski-lift chairs out parallel to the ground, like wash on a line...
...Alpine skiing is baseball to the Swiss, the Scandinavians and the Liechtensteiners. In the U.S., it is barely lacrosse. Skiing is not a necessity in Lexington, Ky., but the reigning women's overall World Cup champion, Tamara McKinney, is from there. For three years, Phil Mahre of Yakima, Wash., has been the men's overall World Cup king, and his twin, Steve, holds the World Championship gold medal in the giant slalom. Skiers have been spotted in the Cascades before, but none like the Mahres (pronounced mares), who are leading the most promising U.S. team in history...
Port Orchard, Wash...