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...John to come home from work. She learns about Dean's role in the cover-up only a week before the rest of the nation. And when Dean talks to her about his work, he is enigmatic: "Things are getting rough, dear, and they're going to get rougher...
...shot from Washington State across the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Still being developed as part of Canada's newly dedicated Pacific Rim National Park, the 22 miles now open are equipped with suspension bridges over ravines, cable cars across two river canyons and a boardwalk along the rougher sections. At one point, the only way to cross the Nitnat Narrows is by dugout canoe, handled by Nitnat Indians who charge $2 for the ride and sell fresh crabs and smoked salmon on the side. Ideal for a four-day camping trip, the trail winds through forest and beside...
...Party Leader Enrico Berlinguer. Reserved and quiet, Berlinguer speaks in a dry, precise manner yet still manages to exude a certain magnetism. He is an anomaly in other ways. Though he leads the largest proletarian party in the West, his fragile hands have rarely been callused by any implement rougher than a sailboat's tiller. The descendant of an aristocratic, landowning Sardinian family, he is married to a practicing Roman Catholic but is an atheist himself...
ENVIRONMENT. Of the 19,000 wells that have been drilled to date in U.S. waters, only four have caused major oil spills. But as the industry explores in rougher, deeper waters, the likelihood of more spills increases-with possibly disastrous effects on such recreational areas as the beaches of Long Island and Southern California. For this reason, several officials requested new federal insurance coverage against oil spills. Then there are disruptions onshore, which New Jersey Governor Brendan Byrne described as the "helter-skelter development" of pipelines, refineries and storage tanks. Interior's impact statement, critics charge, deals with such...
...even summoned the once imperious committee chairmen to appear before them one by one to state their position on the party program. If the chairmen try to behave with their traditional independence and ignore party instructions, they risk being removed. Such a strengthening of the opposition party means a rougher scrap for Ford on the Hill...