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...impact is more immediate because there is a lot of activity at the base of the rocks," says Scott Fischer, climbing ranger at Joshua Tree National Park. He sees vegetation crushed by crash pads being dragged between sites, multiple trails created across the desert surface and an abundance of "micro trash"--climbing tape, bottle tops, cigarette butts...
...lose the plot. His publishers added to the fury this year by refusing to let reviewers see Yellow Dog unless they signed a vow of silence until it is safely in bookstores; some took that as a signal that the book is a dog in more than name. Tibor Fischer, whose novel Voyage to the End of the Room is to be released the same day, prematurely savaged Yellow Dog in a widely quoted newspaper article last month. Other literary types piled on, sniffing in print that Amis' 10th novel would surely not be nominated for next month...
...bars and clubs to catch the latest broadcasts, are discovering a shared love of soap operas, soccer and especially African versions of reality-television shows such as Big Brother and Idols. "For the first time they're getting just African images, African people, African heroes, African music," says Carl Fischer, head of local production at M-Net. "It makes business sense: African content attracts subscribers." Big Brother Africa is actually the third iteration of the program; the first two featured South African contestants only and the winners were both white men. But the shows were so popular in the rest...
After U.S. secretary of State Colin Powell spent a day in Berlin last week trying to patch up post-Iraq diplomatic damage, the question was clear: Does either side really want to make nice? Before Powell held talks with Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, he met briefly with Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, with whom he was photographed shaking hands. Will the Chancellor enjoy the same photo op with President George W. Bush when the two attend summits in Russia and France in late May and early June? The two haven't spoken since November. The Germans have made it clear...
...seasoned veteran would not play the fool again. When Bettinelli attempted to sneak yet another inside pitch by her, Fischer was ready...