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...bulk of Farndon's more than 300 oils study the contrast of large dark masses comprised of forest greens, moving to navy blue and brown-black with lighter earth- and autumnal tones. In his most important works, such as Mending the Nets, Farndon displays his receptivity to the emptiness of shadow and the seeming endless depth of murky harbor water. His preoccupation with water runs throughout his work and serves as a motif he returns to again and again through his life...
...Forest Lake, a suburb of St. Paul, after facing down a group of parents who wanted to charter a Montessori program, the local school board decided to form such a program of its own. In the small college town of Northfield, the threat of secession by a charter group led the district to create a Spanish- language immersion program for first- and second-graders, introduce multiage classrooms and enrich the math program for middle-schoolers. "The charter made it easier to change things," admits Northfield superintendent Charles Kyte. "If we weren't progressive enough and didn't change, then somebody...
...beta- blockers. Among the most provocative: the argument that Bangladesh's problems must not stem from overpopulation since the city of Freemont, California, is just as crowded and yet sustains a pleasant, middle-class life- style; the idea that most Amazon Indians would rather move out of the rain forest; a description of Thoreau as a "sanctimonius beatnik." Still, O'Rourke is funny. In the Amazon he encounters one Yagua Indian with a grass skirt so elaborate that "he was lucky he hadn't been declared an endangered ecosystem from the waist down...
...failed in the view of at least a few residents. Donald Courtney, 67, a retired forest ranger, is one local who refused Primestar. "I can fall asleep in front of one channel as well as I can with a dozen," he says. Nevertheless, TV has made its mark on Arietta. Video rentals at Farber's General Store have dropped. Twelve-year-old Dean Hotaling isn't playing as much basketball as he used to. ("I watch about three hours a day now. I used to watch one hour.") And the barrage of TV news has quickly turned local viewers into...
Last year, we worked with students at over 100 universities to convince their administrations to convert their lighting systems to more energy-efficient technologies. We estimate that by Dec. 31, 1995, our efforts will have cut pollution by the equivalent of planting a forest the size of Vermont...