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...since Crowe both wrote and directed Singles, only he can be blamed for any shortcomings. One flaw is his attempt to incorporate too much into his characters' lives. He neglects to flesh out subplots like Janet's breast enlargement, Linda's miscarriage, and her month-long environmental trip to Alaska...
...grandfather, a 92-year-old golf-playing, law-taking wonder of a man, died while I was backpacking in the Talkeetna mountains of Alaska. Three days later, innocently wondering what had happened in the past month. I returned to civilization and learned of his death...
...grandfather had been one of the strongest supporters of my adventure. Other students on the trip told me how their parents and grandparents could not understand why they would want to leave the creature comforts of home for the wilderness of Alaska. All the while I kept thinking that my 92-year-old grandfather was jealous of my opportunity. "Make sure to take pictures and keep a journal," he told me, "so you can show them to your grandkids...
...this hasn't stopped Alaskans from going aggressively after a slice of the pie. The trustee council has received nearly 450 proposals from environmentalists, scientists, government employees, tour-boat operators, fishermen and others. There are a few oddball ideas, like dismantling the trans-Alaska pipeline, but most are worthwhile projects -- expanding wildlife refuges and parks, for example, or building fish ladders and establishing a marine public-information center...
ENVIRONMENT: Alaska's Billion-Dollar Quandary...