Word: acadia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...U.S.S. Acadia, a naval repair ship, returned to San Diego two weeks ago after serving more than seven months in the Persian Gulf. Before heading out again, it might have to add an onboard nursery. Last week Navy officials confirmed that while the Acadia was at sea, 36 of the 450 women aboard were transferred to shore duty because they were pregnant...
...recently, national-park visitors, for instance, simply pitched tents in any inviting clearing if established % campsites were filled. These days, however, would-be travelers had better not hit the trail without first making a reservation. The problem: many natural attractions are experiencing "greenlock." Not only are popular parks from Acadia in Maine to Yosemite in California jammed with visitors, but the overcrowding is spreading to state parks, national forests and rivers, raising environmental concerns and threatening the wilderness "experience." Everywhere, authorities are having to ration the outdoors with lotteries, permits and reservations for everything from biking to hiking...
...course, work at the Design School has not been confined to Cambridge. Steinitz, for instance, has a cooperative agreement with the National Parks, under which he has done work on Maine's Acadia National Park, New York's Gateway National Park and California's Yosemite National Park...