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...qualifies as so-called pork barrel spending, estimates of the total set aside for these pet projects range from $11 billion to $16 billion. Other questionable giveaways in the bill include $250,000 for the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, $500,000 to renovate ski trails in Alaska, $4.9 million to refurbish historic bathhouses in Arizona, and $75,000 to the Paper Industry International Hall of Fame in Appleton, Wisconsin...
...Border? Your notebook item "Bordering on Nukes" [Nov. 22] reported on al-Qaeda's possible plans to smuggle nuclear material into the U.S. from Mexico. Not to worry. We'll take them out at the border with one of those billion-dollar antimissile defense rockets recently installed in Alaska. They can't seem to hit many test targets, but surely one rocket could hit a terrorist driving a pickup across the border. Couldn't it? John Reid Portland, Oregon, U.S. Wouldn't the U.S. be a lot more secure if, instead of spending billions in Iraq, we used the money...
...season, often through snow crystals at -25?C. "There is a strong feeling of being dependent on the small but incredibly strong huskies to reach our goals each day," says Espen Prestbakmo, a trip leader in Norway. Choose from a variety of sites: Alaska for the wildlife (Alaska's Trails and Tails, tel: [1-888] 300 6874; www.dogsledtours.com); Greenland for the Inuit culture (Ilulissat Travel, tel: [299] 94 43 00; www.ilulissattravel.gl); and for chic ice hotels and easy access, Norway (Undervegs, tel: [47] 98 00 1213; www.undervegs.no) and Sweden (Axehandle Mountain, tel: [46] 70 688 7290; www.axehandle.nu...
...Bulldogs current run—highlighted by a pair of losses at Alaska-Anchorage and a home loss to Brown—would have torpedoed the efforts of a school looking to climb into the rankings, but because UMD was so highly touted to start the year, the same pundits who exaggerated its potential at the start are now cushioning its fall...
...states. Compared with many other countries, the U.S. is still in the Stone Age. We need to develop national election standards. Our votes can push national and local issues in widely disparate directions. But if you did not vote, you have no right to complain. PETER JENKINS Eagle River, Alaska...