Word: arctic
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...subdued but unambiguous Russian anger over the underwater bump on February 11 in the Barents Sea, near the Arctic Ocean, was a throwback to Cold War rivalries and a reminder of the powerful weapons the countries still have deployed against each other...
...Johnston-Wallop energy bill in the Senate downplayed conservation, boosted nuclear power and called for oil exploration in Alaska's pristine Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It was this last provision that sparked the threat of a filibuster, forcing the bill's sponsors to bail...
...Lawrence will visit cross-Arctic rival Clarkson this Friday at the Golden Knights' brand new Cheel Arena...
...years of tortuous negotiations and a marathon, 16-hour final session, the 12 members of the European Community last week agreed with the seven-nation European Free Trade Association to form the world's largest trade bloc by 1993. The new European Economic Area will extend from the Arctic to the Mediterranean, embrace 380 million consumers, and account for 43% of world trade...
Blue Highways was a delight, and so, in a darker and deeper way, is PrairyErth (Houghton Mifflin; 624 pages; $24.95). In kind and quality, it somewhat resembles Barry Lopez's Arctic Dreams, and it will not look out of place on the same shelf of great Americana as its betters, Mark Twain's Roughing It and Life on the Mississippi. The author's visceral decision to explore one American locality was an intuitive leap from the restlessness of Blue Highways. And it was a leap toward the nation's center. He had seen Chase County's Flint Hills...