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Nowhere are the consequences of unchecked industrialization more obvious than in Siberia's Lake Baikal basin. Nearly 30 years ago, Minlesbumprom (the Ministry of Timber, Pulp and Paper, and Wood Processing Industry) erected the Baikalsh pulp factory on the shores of this majestic body of crystal-clear water. The crescent-shaped lake holds 80% of the country's fresh water and 20% of the world's supply. Three-fourths of the lake's 2,500 fish and plant species, including the Baikal nerpa, a fresh-water seal, are unknown anywhere else in the world...
...Texas, tucked into the farthest corner of the Soviet Far East, between the Sea of Okhotsk and the Bering Straits. Temperatures in some parts of the region fall to -95 degrees F in winter, and even in late March the central Kolyma basin recorded -35 degrees F on a crystal-clear...
...Pope, the important question is, rather, whether the church's teachings are accurately presented and clearly understood by the laity. Says a person who often chats informally with John Paul: "The Pope believes that the youth of today demand a crystal-clear presentation of the Christian message and resent it when their bishops try to accommodate them by watering down that message." New York Archbishop John O'Connor says that in appointing bishops, John Paul looks first and foremost for "a very clear articulation of church teaching...
...green apparel, to all the makers of expletive-ridden signs, to all the field hockey players with "Beat Harvard" signs taped to the seats of their warmup pants, to all the dogs with green bandanas tied around their necks, the Crimson football team sent an unmistakable message in crystal-clear body language...
...would question that those concerned with the upcoming election have a duty to highlight those differences in crystal-clear terms. What is problematic with this campaign, however, and what emerged again Wednesday although in tempered fashion, is a willingness on the part of both parties to excuse vulgarity and pointlessly malicious conduct in the name of a better America...