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...away in every direction, and there is no sign of a human touch, until the third day, when, exhilarated after a series of simple rapids, we see heavy wires strung high across a narrow gorge. In 1982 protestors began a blockade of the river to stop government plans to dam it. They arrived a month before the bulldozers, and in the following months 1,200 people were arrested in a campaign so successful that the river's fate became a national election issue. When Labor won federal office in 1983 it kept its election promise to stop the project, despite...
...Francis. Bruce Davis Assisi, Italy Vegas is great for kids. I spent a week there in February with my husband and young grandchildren. We stayed four nights each at the Monte Carlo and Circus Circus, including a quick overnight drive to see the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam. Las Vegas has the best public bus transportation I've ever used. And I was impressed that the hotel employees stepped right in if I accidentally brought the children to an adult-oriented area. There are museums, amusement rides, water parks and great little shops that cater to youthful tastes. Phyllis...
...other historical evidence, that the allocation was based on water flows that were the highest they had been for more than 475 years. By contrast, the flows since 1999 rank among the lowest. As a result, Lake Powell, the giant reservoir created on the Colorado by the Glen Canyon Dam, stands some 60% below capacity and seems destined to fall even lower. No wonder that states like Colorado--whose rights to that water are trumped by the rights of California, Nevada and Arizona--are anxiously bracing for a crisis...
Vegas is great for kids. I spent a week there in February with my husband and young grandchildren. We stayed four nights each at the Monte Carlo and Circus Circus, including a quick overnight drive to see the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam. Las Vegas has the best public bus transportation I've ever used. And I was impressed that the hotel employees stepped right in if I inadvertently took the children to an adult-oriented area. There are museums, amusement rides, water parks and great little shops that cater to youthful tastes. PHYLLIS H. WITCHER Wilmington...
...role in the community," says Hrönn Pétursdóttir, the company's community relations manager at Fjardaál. "We're going to be here for a long time." To generate power for Alcoa's smelter, Landsvirkjun is building the Kárahnjúkar dam; at 190 m high and 730 m wide, it will be the tallest rock-and-gravel dam in Europe. Due for completion in 2009, Kárahnjúkar, together with two smaller dams, will create the Hálslón reservoir, submerging 57 sq km of glacial river...