Word: canyon
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...midden study covering 11,000 years of vegetation change in New Mexico's Chaco Canyon, Julio Betancourt of the U.S. Geological Survey and Thomas Van Devender of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum found evidence that could explain why a once thriving Anasazi Indian community was abandoned 800 years ago. Simply stated, the Indians eventually used all the surrounding pine trees for their dwellings and firewood, depleting the woodland and eroding the farmland vital to the tribe's survival...
With Buchanan's success at the polls, the paleo-neo fault line widened into a canyon of controversy, as leading conservatives rushed to choose sides. Neoconservatives and many Reaganites lined up against Buchanan, dismissing his message as negative and exclusionary. Bush haters and old-line conservatives, particularly those disaffected by Washington's self-important neo-con luminaries, admired Buchanan's courage and supported him with money. Says Catholic University's Stuart Rothenberg: "Buchanan has been confusing for conservatives. They don't like what he says, but they're so anxious to see George Bush punished that their reaction has been...
...want snazzy backdrops? One scene is played in front of the Grand Canyon. "The Wages of Sin" is delivered in front of a chapel decorated with stained-glass tributes to St. Elvis, St. Cher, St. Frank (Sinatra) and St. Wayne (Newton). The finale happens at the Hitch `n' Run Marriage Parlor/Ditch 'n' Run Divorce Parlor (Mottos: Wedding for Good Dough/May Divorce Be With...
...Grand Canyon at 1, 4:15, 7:10 and 9:50p.m...
Dances with Wolves (running time: three hours, 10 minutes) won seven Oscars, so naturally everyone started making longer movies: JFK (three hours, eight minutes), Bugsy (2:15), Grand Canyon (2:15) and Hook (2:11). Next: Malcolm X (3+). Go for the giant popcorn and jumbo soft drinks...