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...Alaska has a lot of wilderness, which is unsurprising since it’s the westernmost, easternmost, and northernmost state. (We would be the southernmost state, but we’re worried about the implications of this on our language skills.) Given its vast northern wild lands, Alaska also has a lot of glaciers. These help a globally warming Earth to stay cool...

Author: By Jack Gage and Ken W. Mckinley | Title: Coggins Should Have Focused on Alaska | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

Everyone wants to help the environment. And Alaska has a lot of environment to give. In the face of deforestation, global warming, and acid rain, we need to stand strong to protect our wilderness heritage. We must unite for the environment—unite around Alaska...

Author: By Jack Gage and Ken W. Mckinley | Title: Coggins Should Have Focused on Alaska | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

...Alaska doesn’t have everything. We don’t have a lot of people, and can’t brag about the urban sprawl that Houston can. We can’t boast a current President of the United States and all the good deeds he does...

Author: By Jack Gage and Ken W. Mckinley | Title: Coggins Should Have Focused on Alaska | 11/26/2007 | See Source »

...North America, on the other hand, is heli-ski heaven - think Colorado's Rockies, Utah's Wasatch Mountains, the Canadian Rockies and rugged Alaska. In the U.S., try Diamond Peaks, www.diamondpeaks.com, or Heli Trax, www.helitrax.com - both have access to some of the best snow. In Alaska, Points North, www.alaskaheliski.com, offers heli-ski cruises to the Chugach Mountains. Skiers spend a week flying from the back of a cruising vessel that serves as a floating inn. Across the border is the world's most extensive heli-ski operation, Canadian Mountain Holidays, www.canadianmountainholidays.com. It runs 12 remote lodges dotted around stunning terrain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Skiing with Air Support | 11/15/2007 | See Source »

...Roof.” How much would he hate your version?NJ: I’d say probably even more because we told every actor to model themselves after Elizabeth Taylor.RR: If you could be named after a state, like Tennessee, what would you choose?AR: Alaska, because recently I was told that I was cold as ice.NJ: Idaho. I-da-ho.RR: In the play, basically the entire cast is lying to Big Daddy about his health. What’s the biggest lie you’ve ever told?NJ: That I directed...

Author: By Jeffrey W. Feldman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Lust, Alcoholism, Greed... It's All In The Family | 11/9/2007 | See Source »

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