Word: offing
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It's a photo op no savvy pol would want to miss: The Grand Canyon, glowing orange and red in the fading sunlight, gaping and huge and entirely... American. And since no one has ever accused Bill Clinton of being less than savvy, there he was Tuesday, perched on the...
While the areas are already federal lands, Clinton's pronouncement will help keep them pristine by banning activities such as mining and logging that are commonly allowed on government property throughout the West. The news was met with glee from the environmental nonprofit sector, and with fierce grumbling from Arizona...
Although a poll conducted by the Wilderness Society indicates that more than 68 percent of Arizonans support the President's decision, TIME Denver correspondent Dick Woodbury says there are still plenty of "rank-and-file, conservative activist ranchers who are upset they weren't consulted before the announcement was made...
General Augusto Pinochet looks set to regain his freedom, but not necessarily his dignity. Britain's Home Secretary Jack Straw announced Tuesday that a panel of doctors had found the 84-year-old former Chilean dictator medically unfit to stand trial, which leaves Britain inclined to end extradition proceedings and...
Straw's statement was welcomed by the Chilean government, but was condemned by the families of Pinochet's victims, who have argued that the general's health should become a factor in considering his fate only aftera trial. Officials of the present government suggest the general may yet face charges...