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This spring, oil hunters will begin probing the Baltimore Canyon, an ocean-floor site off Atlantic City, N.J. They hope to find 1.4 billion bbl. of oil and nearly 10 trillion cu. ft. of natural gas that may lie beneath the continental shelf. Most energy-hungry Americans hope the oilmen find what they are looking for. Anne Simon will be satisfied if they do not make what she considers a bad situation even worse. A veteran coast watcher, Simon has already written an impassioned plea for the preservation of Martha's Vineyard. In her newest book, she appeals just...
...never went inside were regularly impressed by the enormously long lines of pilgrims waiting to get through the doors at 50th Street and the Avenue of the Americas. The Music Hall developed such drawing power that it seemed, as one bemused visitor put it. "unavoid able, like the Grand Canyon...
...cranks out enough documents every year to fill 51 major league baseball stadiums or eleven new Washington Monuments. "It's unbelievable," says a former commission member. "Washington is the source of so much red tape that you'd think it was working on a landfill somewhere. Like the Grand Canyon...
...will be merely an upgraded version of the two-lane roadway that already bisects the park. That will make it one of only two places in the 38,000-mile interstate system where there are two, not four or more lanes, the other being a short stretch in Glenwood Canyon, Colo. In addition, park authorities will get $5 million in federal and state funds for major roadside landscaping, including the construction of new parking lots. That way motorists will be encouraged to park and gaze up at the Old Man instead of craning-and risking-their necks as they weave...
...Idaho: Black Canyon Dam on the Payette River should have better seepage control and an auxiliary spillway. Island Park Dam on Henrys Fork River needs a rebuilt spillway...