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...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...
...MIDDLE AGED will, more than ever, tote society's Sisyphean boulder. They will not need to spend as much time and money on so many offspring, but they will increasingly have new dependents-the old. By 2020, it is estimated that only one out of three Americans will be a taxpayer, and that liened group should be more heavily composed of the middle aged. In contrast to the whiz-kid executive syndrome of the '70s-a direct result of the baby boom-the reins of power will revert to older hands. For the middle-age, middle-management sector...
...years later, Chogyam-incarnate lama and "precious master" -sits behind a polished rosewood desk in a small but luxurious office in Boulder, Colo. Behind him hangs a large tapestry of a snow lion by the Japanese artist Tatsumura. His own paintings and calligraphy decorate the other walls. Six disciples, among them a scientist, a classicist and a physiotherapist, cluster around him, each dressed, like the master, in a dark suit. All are part of Chogyam's new kingdom: Naropa Institute, named for a great 8th century Buddhist scholar, the largest Buddhist study center...
Starting afresh with a small meditation community in Vermont, Chogyam slowly built up a new following. Then, in 1974, he launched the Naropa Institute summer program in a Boulder elementary school. About 450 students were expected. Instead, 2,300 showed up for courses that ranged from the history of Buddhism to self-exploration. The initial 41-member faculty included Psychologist Gregory Bateson, onetime LSD Apostle Ram Dass and Buddhist Scholar Herbert Guenther. Two subsequent summer schools each drew about 1,500 students, and the visiting faculty grew to more than 90 members. Encouraged by such success, Naropa went full time...
...What is the goal of all this?" he asks. "The goal is to have no goal." But Chogyam, who lives in a comfortable Boulder mansion with his wife and three sons, also has an earthly goal: expanding Naropa into the Buddhist University of America, with a heavy emphasis on psychology. Naropa now operates on $600,000 annually, of which $136,000 comes through donations and the rest from student fees. But the school has no endowment and at present lacks the necessary funds to expand and gain college accreditation. Still, the staff and students seem certain that Naropa will eventually...