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In the past half-century this mountain-moving, gorge-cutting force of nature has been tamed by a spectacular system of dams and reservoirs. Today the domesticated Colorado dispenses water for 20 million people in seven states and for 2 million acres of farmland. The river's urgent yen for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Colorado River: A Fight over Liquid Gold | 7/22/1991 | See Source »

Before she got the hens, Brinkley had taken to wearing high fishing boots when she walked to the beach. "We were really infested," she says. "It seemed as if every blade of grass had a tick hanging off it." Her hen patrol has reduced the local tick population, although that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life In The Age Of Lyme | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

The Pentagon's new image of competence has suffered a bit of a setback. Officials at Electric Boat in Groton, Conn., have discovered that the $1.7 billion SEAWOLF attack submarine being built there is too large for the Thames River. To move the vessel, the Navy will have to dredge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Or Maybe We Should All Pray for Rain | 6/17/1991 | See Source »

Just a few years ago, Japan loomed as anenvironmentalist's nightmare. While the rest of the world was awakening to an unfolding ecological calamity, Japan was defiantly importing such environmentally sensitive items as ivory and tropical timbers without apparent regard for the consequences. More recently, however, Japan has begun to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Saviors Of the Planet | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

Everyone has his or her own list -- each list no doubt is peculiar, idiosyncratic. The books you keep for the middle of the night serve a deeply personal purpose, one of companionship. Your connection with them is a mystery of affinities. Each mind has its night weather, its topographies. I...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: The Best Refuge For Insomniacs | 4/29/1991 | See Source »

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