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- Jan. 18, 1993: Fair Isles Fouled By Crude Oil
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- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Jan. 18, 1993 Fighting Back: Spouse Abuse
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
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- THE WEEK
- NATION, Page 17
- Fair Isles Fouled by Crude Oil
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- <p> Until last week, gentle ponies and Fair Isle sweaters
- represented the Shetland Islands: comforting symbols of a place
- of untamed beauty. Now Shetland is distinguished by 619,000 bbl.
- of spilling oil. The tanker Braer, owned by a subsidiary of a
- U.S. firm, ran aground Tuesday after its engines failed during
- a storm. A few hours before the ship hit the rocks, helicopters
- took the crew off, so no one was aboard to secure a line to a
- rescue tug. As rough seas kept salvors from pumping off the
- remaining crude, the slick threatened to kill thousands of
- birds. The Braer's operator, Bergvall & Hudner, said its $700
- million in insurance will cover damage claims.
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