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...appearance of the instant countryside clearly and immediately reconnected them with a submerged world of sympathy long forgotten or ignored. This depth of feeling runs counter to the civilized, industrialized impulses of what Wordsworth called "getting and spending," and the tension between the two impulses characterizes most lives. On the first Earth Day of the new century (April 22), this is where we are--running hard to catch up with our heady commercial present and our future in cyberspace and at the same time capable of being called back, at the drop of a wheatfield, to a life that connects...
...without question, we must do more to counter a threat that shows more clearly than any other how closely our nations' fates are linked: the threat of global warming. As the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, the U.S. has a special responsibility to lead this effort. Despite mounting evidence, too many in Congress continue to deny the problem. Instead, we must see--and seize--the opportunities in its solution. Promising new technologies, and others just over the horizon, can power our homes, factories and cars with cleaner, more efficient energy--cutting emissions while strengthening our economy...
...counts that would allow them to get it legally from their doctors, but the potential for a black market in AndroGel is not hard to imagine among teens and guys in their 20s--and older--who hear stories about a new substance stronger than the supplements available over the counter and easier to use than anabolic steroids that are injected. For teens in particular, the dangers of testosterone overload are not just acne and breast development but a shutting down of bone growth--though they may be at an age that makes them almost deaf to the risks. For older...
...Boys are a big part of the clientele at Muscle Mania (not its real name), a weight-lifting store that TIME visited last week at a strip mall in a Boston suburb. A couple of teenagers came in to ask about tribulus, one of the many over-the-counter drugs and body-building supplements the store sells, all legally...
...Knights, however, had a new line-up to counter Harvard's changes. Sophomore Kevin Straker, who had missed the Harvard match earlier in the season, took his usual role as setter as fellow sophomore Cristocan Encarnacion moved to outside hitter...