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...difference between land and water temperatures, which in turn stimulates more storms along the East Coast-including the nor'easters that have been battering oil tankers. All the while, Western states have remained relatively unscathed. Says John Firor, executive director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo.: "This year winter seems to have become stuck east of the Rockies...
...Brews. As rising coffee prices break through the $3-per-lb. barrier, consumers are eying all kinds of exotic substitutes. Celestial Seasonings in Boulder, Colo., offers two: Roastaroma Mocha Spice, made of roasted barley, malt, chicory, dandelion root, carob and spices; and Morning Thunder, a concoction of black tea and a South American herb called yerba mate. An Orlando, Fla., businessman, George Sarantakos, is getting ready to market Bravo, an herbal mix that can be drunk alone or used to stretch out real coffee. It tastes like supermarket instant and, says Sarantakos, is made partly from "weeds we can pick...
...foreign experts who convened at the University of Colorado's recent energy conference in Boulder, fully expect that the current price of $11.51 per bbl. (for low-sulfur crude at the Persian Gulf) will rise anywhere from 10% to 20%. As OPEC members see it, the industrialized nations can well afford the tab. The world recession seems to have largely lifted, and crude oil sales are rising as a result. Tanker charters have emerged from the doldrums, as top customers have scrambled to stock up on crude before the price rises again, often paying a 25? or 30? premium...
Bringing Texas to the Texans has brought prosperity to Texas Monthly. Circulation has risen from an initial 20,000 in 1973 to nearly 200,000, and TM is now available on newsstands from Boston to Boulder, Colo. Next month's issue will bulge with 111½ pages of advertising, up from the first month...
...planning ever more difficult. "I do not see glacial melts or an ice age," says Jerome Namias of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, Calif. "What I see is fluctuations." Stephen Schneider, deputy head of the climate project at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., says the evidence of the past few years suggests that there is a good possibility the climate is becoming more unpredictable...