Word: canyoneering
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...future, after all, is what the stock market is really about. And in their offices in the financial canyon of lower Manhattan, James Thomson and his Thundering Herd constantly ponder the possibilities of tomorrow, next month, next year and next decade. In their own expansion plans, Thomson & Co. are betting heavily on a bright market future. "The biggest problem facing Merrill Lynch right now," says Thomson, "is to be in a position to handle bigger volume when it comes. And we believe it is coming...
...Massachusetts Committee to Save the Grand Canyon in waging war against ignorance, red tape, time, and Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall's dams...
...they lose, half the Grand Canyon will be irreversibly submerged under 650 feet of water...
...bill now in the House Rules Committee which would provide water for the parched Southwest. In order to finance the project, the bill includes plans for construction, of two dams--one upstream from the Grand Canyon and one downstream--to provide hydroelectric power...
...spectacular" movie was actually a series of slides about Glen Canyon, great orange peaks and winding paths which preserved the markings of a lost Indian civilization--until it was dammed. Dramatically, the scene shifts from the Canyon five years ago, to a huge man-made lake which today buries most of it. The same, the audience is told, is now in store for the Grand Canyon...