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ENVIRONMENT Vetoed Republican attempts to weaken the Clean Water Act and to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to development. Opposes the "property rights" movement, which would require the government to compensate landowners for loss of value due to environmental regulations...
PLAINS AND MIDWEST: The arctic cold that has paralyzed the Plains and Midwest is expected to last through the weekend, setting record lows from Minnesota to Louisiana. In Tower, Minnesota, the mercury reached a record for the state at 60 below zero. 50,000 to 60,000 people were without power in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas. At least 12 people have died as a result of the severe weather...
...PLAINS: Freezing Arctic winds sent wind chill temperatures plunging to more than 50 degrees below zero as a fierce winter storm rolled across the Plains Wednesday night headed east. TIME's Pete Larson reports from Nebraska: "Most people in the region have been unable to get to work and the schools are closed today. Officials are very concerned about the cold temperatures. It struck so quickly that people were caught off guard. Central Nebraska is basically shut down. So is the interstate, with stalled vehicles stranded overnight. Rescue attempts have been difficult because visibility has been very poor. Many people...
...arctic in here," said Debra L. Shulman '97. "Yesterday I was shivering at dinner...
...annals of beer history, so close to the hearts of numerous Harvadarians no brand has presented such danger to the language as Coors' Artic Ice. Yes, back in grade school our teachers righteously prodded us--in those interminable "map skills" classes--to put the "c" in "Arctic." But here, a nationally distributed consumer product dares to perpetuate the idea that "Artic" means something cold, frigid and perhaps highly alcoholic...