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Conservationists are wary of the idea and accuse Hodel of using the scheme as a smoke screen to divert attention from such controversial measures as oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Others say he is actually looking for a way to get Washington to pay about $1 billion to complete the half-finished Auburn Dam nearby. But no one is more opposed than Mayor Dianne Feinstein of San Francisco, which still depends on the reservoir. Snapped Feinstein: "It's the worst idea since selling arms to Iran...
...university in an unnamed "Rustbelt metropolis" in the Midwest. Raised in Paris by expatriate American parents, Kenneth has come back to the U.S. to be near his maternal uncle Benn Crader, a man in his 50s and an eminent botanist, revered by fellow specialists for his work on Arctic lichens. Kenneth's obsession with Benn stems from a conviction that "you have no reason to exist unless you believe you can make your life a turning point. A turning point for everybody -- for humankind." The nephew feels his uncle has single-mindedly pursued such a path and might...
...then graduates to more and more travel in search of new species. Next come vacations in the states with the most birds (California, Texas and Florida), followed by forays onto the big-time birding circuit: southeast Arizona for Mexican specialties, the Dry Tortugas for noddies and boobies, Alaska for arctic and Asian species. The final step is the long trip to see a single bird: Michigan for Kirtland's warbler, Calcasieu County in Louisiana for the black francolin, a grueling five-mile trek up the Chisos Mountains in Texas for the Colima warbler...
...alter the economic and political life of cities and states from New York to California. Decisions by oil ministers in distant continents can affect our standard of living and endanger our economic prosperity. An epidemic of AIDS in Africa or a hole in the ozone layer over the Arctic threatens the lives of Americans all across the land...
...earth would Ottawa want to buy ten nuclear-powered submarines? "If there is going to be somebody's navy in the north," explained Defense Minister Perrin Beatty, "it should be ours." The Canadians are irked that U.S. subs patrol the Arctic passage without permission from Ottawa, which claims the waters as Canadian territory...