Word: colorado
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...police are now involved in all societal diseases, and we are expected to find a magic cure," says Rosolio, who was visiting the U.S. to address a meeting of the National District Attorneys Association in Colorado on crime and terrorism. The inspector general has no magic up his sleeve, just innovative police methods to block what he calls "sophisticated, modern crime." Since taking over as chief of Israel's police force in 1972, Rosolio, a British-accented Sabra whose donnish manner masks a tough law enforcer, has added 5,000 men and women to the force. Though some gripe...
...devastating earthquakes in China, the Colorado flood, the mysterious ailment that struck the American Legionnaires in Philadelphia-all suggest a more fundamental, and realistic, perspective. It would be banal to say that such demonstrations of nature's awesome force restore man's humility. Still, it is worth repeating the thesis of French Biologist Jacques Monod that events -and mostly the event of life itself-are profoundly random...
...cabin somewhere down below, he had spent his honeymoon. Now he could not find the cabin-or much of anything else. Gazing through the window of a helicopter, Colorado's Governor Richard Lamm, 41, stared in silence at the apocalyptic scene along the banks of the Big Thompson River-splayed bridges, kindling from hundreds of vanished homes, hulks of cars turned upside down like giant beetles. "We found a hotel ledger this morning that showed 23 paying guests," he said finally to TIME Correspondent David De Voss. "But we can't find the people. The river has reclaimed...
...devastation was so complete that even after a week of rescue work, nobody knew for sure how much damage had been caused when a torrential downpour sent a flash flood raging down the canyon, 40 miles north of Denver. The disaster struck on the centennial of Colorado's entry into the U.S., and it was certainly the most stunning in the state's history. Some communities virtually disappeared, and the loss was estimated at $50 million...
Cooling Vapor. The Big Thompson River canyon had long been a very special place for Colorado residents and tourists alike. Situated on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, the canyon starts at about 7,500 ft. In a stretch of 25 miles, moving eastward from the Continental Divide, it descends some 2,000 ft. The walls of the canyon tower over what used to be a pleasant trout stream sparkling in the depths below. The canyon was not unspoiled, but neither was it ruined by money: the big, Aspen-style condominiums had been kept away, and most...