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...Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond, Anita Pratap Beijing: Sandra Burton Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Bangkok: Ross H. Munro Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Central America: John Moody Mexico City: John Borrell Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead Vol. 133 No. 17 APRIL 24, 1989 | 4/24/1989 | See Source »

...Jerusalem: Jon D. Hull Cairo: Dean Fischer, David S. Jackson Nairobi: James Wilde Johannesburg: Bruce W. Nelan New Delhi: Edward W. Desmond, Anita Pratap Beijing: Sandra Burton Southeast Asia: William Stewart Hong Kong: Jay Branegan Bangkok: Ross H. Munro Tokyo: Barry Hillenbrand, Seiichi Kanise, Kumiko Makihara Ottawa: James L. Graff Central America: John Moody Mexico City: John Borrell Rio de Janeiro: Laura Lopez...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Masthead Vol. 133 No. 15 APRIL 10, 1989 | 4/10/1989 | See Source »

Thus at 5:30 on a recent morning, Willey and a partner, E.D.F. lawyer Tom Graff, headed from their Oakland office down Highway 5 to dicker with irrigation districts on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley. An odd pair: Willey, somewhere over 6 ft. 5 in. in his cowboy boots, lean, green-eyed and with an easy grin; Graff, short and with a squared-off boxer's nose, but unpugnacious. As environmentalists go, they speak softly and strangely: California water distribution suffers under misguided socialist precepts, they argue. What it needs is fewer bureaucrats and more capitalists. Turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Water Marketing A Deal That Might Save A Sierra | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

...water. Los Angeles has agreed to pay part of the cost of the pilot project. E.D.F. has committed itself to raising the remainder, partly by lobbying the state and the U.S. Forest Service, which has declared Mono Lake a National Forest Scenic Area. If tax dollars are unavailable, says Graff from the backseat, E.D.F. may propose turning the lake over to a private trust and setting up a tollbooth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Water Marketing A Deal That Might Save A Sierra | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

...only half kidding. "The idea that the postcard-writing public should pay as well as write cards is not an easy one for preservationists to swallow," Graff concedes. But "if there was more of a willingness to pay for maintaining the environment, we wouldn't have to rely on bureaucratic whim." It is evident that Willey and Graff believe in their neo-capitalist approach. The bottom line then naturally presents itself: Gentlemen, what do we get for our money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Water Marketing A Deal That Might Save A Sierra | 4/3/1989 | See Source »

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