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Harry has become enamored of the American way of life, sporting a bumper sticker on his Ford Bronco II that reads HAVE A NICE DAY in Japanese, and dreaming of staying on in Montana beyond his two-year stint. While they have become proficient at roping calves, building fences, pitching hay and loading oats, both men say the best part of their experience has been the horseback riding. "Out on the plains, galloping along, I feel like a real cowboy," says Kaz. "But you sure as hell don't look like one!" jokes Chaffin as the room resounds with laughter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dillon, Montana The Rising Sun Meets the Big Sky | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

...their way to Boston, the marchers stopped at CRLS, urging the students inside to join them. As the crowd yelled, " Out of school, into the streets," students pressed their faces to the classroom windows. Some protesters confronted CRLS security guards and handed bumper-stickers to youths through an open door...

Author: By Ira E. Stoll, | Title: Anti-War Group Marches to Boston | 1/16/1991 | See Source »

...sheep men's miseries are not the countryside's only plight. Thanks to bumper harvests around the world, wheat farmers face their lowest returns in more than half a century, and the international embargo on exports to Iraq has also eliminated Australia's second-biggest customer. Aggravating the crisis is cutthroat grain dumping by the U.S. and the European Community; both unload surplus wheat overseas at subsidized prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Australia Slaughter Down Under | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...group would be hard-pressed to hold back the crush of tourism. During the peak summer months, 7,000 visitors a day transform Yosemite Valley into an urbanized village of noisy bumper-to-bumper traffic and bicycle jams. To many nature lovers, the land that pioneering preservationist John Muir extolled for its "spiritual glow" and "sublime mountain beauty" has already been irreversibly damaged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fighting For Yosemite's Future | 1/14/1991 | See Source »

...think the Bow, lately, sucks. There are too many yuppies," he says, wearing a red Budweiser Beer hat. Then he gets into the truck, which bears a flourescent green "Motorcycles Are Everywhere" bumper sticker, and takes...

Author: By Seth A. Gitell, | Title: From Bikers To Preppies, Bud Hats To Chinos | 12/14/1990 | See Source »

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