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...permanently scar the land, kill wildlife and destroy vegetation, as well as cause noise, safety and pollution problems. Says he: "We recognize their right to use public lands, but no one has the right to chase jackrabbits until their hearts explode, or roar over desert turtles." ATV Enthusiast Buddy Bray sees it differently. "I don't believe riding ATVs destroys the desert," he says. "All you kill is the bushes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Invaders on The Black River | 6/13/1988 | See Source »

...have to fix a few shades and windows, andfill a few holes in the walls--the kind of thingsyou find after a normal dorm party," says freshmandorm superintendent Kathy Bray...

Author: By Colin F. Boyle, | Title: Doing Harvard's Dirty Work | 6/6/1988 | See Source »

...focused on people before they became fat and monitored them as they gained weight. The major finding: certain measurements of metabolism, such as the rate at which the body consumes oxygen and produces carbon dioxide, can be used to predict who is likely to become obese. Says Dr. George Bray, an obesity specialist at the University of Southern California: "It's the predictive nature of this work that is so important...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Is Losing Weight a Losing Battle? | 3/7/1988 | See Source »

Words flutter in his air like seabirds. Tern. There's a word. A noun. The Captain adores all nouns, proper and improper. A proper noun is a metaphor, observes the Captain, feeling very much the master of his bark. Bark! Noun- verb. Verbs are the best. Bray. Loop. Whir. In his captain's chair, the Captain sits every morning, pen in hand, happy as a clam, happier than any fisherman casting for trout. Trout! Is this the life? Captain Midlife asks unrhetorically, gazing about him with an astonishingly stupid grin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Captain Midlife Sends a Valentine | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

...Bray recalls that one of his freshman roommates was caught stealing a sign during freshman week, and another was accused of following "improper test-taking procedure." In addition, Bray says, the entire room was Ad-Boarded for throwing a party that went out of control. "We were active kids," says Bray...

Author: By David L. Greene, | Title: Suites For Strangers | 12/17/1987 | See Source »

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