Word: boulder
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...watched as other passengers filled all of the 345 seats. There were a lot of young people from everywhere-Colorado, Illinois, Tennessee, Georgia, Brazil, Canada. For the most part, they were budget-minded but not poor. Said Bill Wedun, 26, the son of a Boulder, Colo., dentist: "I heard Freddie's trip was the cheapest way to get to London. The first half of your life you generally have more time than money, and the last half more money than time. I plan to spend both accordingly." A cockney with three sons declared, "All I want...
Belingwe is a cattle-ranching and mining region in south-central Rhodesia. The landscape, raw and parched, is broken by boulder-strewn hills and will soon be softened by the splashing pinks and magentas of blooming wild msasa trees. To the south of the town of Shabani (pop. 1,900 whites, 14,000 blacks) stretches the Belingwe Tribal Trust Land, a reserve inhabited by 140,000 blacks, where the guerrilla presence is most deeply felt. On election day last week, TIME's Xan Smiley visited Belingwe and filed this report on its troubled mood...
Accessibility: excellent. Allow 15 to 30 min. for seven-mile ride downtown by car or cab ($5). Downtown limousines ($2.40) every 20 min. until 11:30 p.m. Trailways buses to Vail ($7), Aspen ($13), Colorado Springs ($5), Boulder ($3). Eleven commuter airlines. Parking: adequate, mostly close in. Flow Through: sprawling, old-fashioned layout. Lounges attractive, comfortable. Some sidewalk checkin. One four-level terminal. Longest walk: one mile. Baggage checkout: fast. Hotels/Motels: ample. Ten within 10 min. Amenities: excellent. Lounges pleasant and comfortable. Good coffee shop open until 7:30 p.m. (beef tacos, $2.50); crowded self-service cafeteria. Best restaurant: Crossroads...
...federally recognized tribes are litigating claims and contentions. The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, a party to 30 such cases four years ago, was coping with 80 by the end of 1976. The Native American Rights Fund, the largest organization specializing in Indian law, opened headquarters in Boulder, Colo., six years ago with ten cases; today it handles almost 400 cases in 40 states...
...scientists assessed the implications of the current drought at their Denver symposium, many urged that a new look be taken at long-range water problems. Stephen H. Schneider, head of the climate project for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., argued that the nation should always be prepared for droughts, rather than surprised by them, because they are a regular feature of the U.S. climate. Although the timing of droughts cannot be predicted, they have been occurring in the plains states at roughly 20-to 22-year intervals, and are possibly related in an unknown fashion...