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...ecosystem's intricate, interdependent webs of life are hard to restore once they have become frayed. The U.S. is learning this lesson in its multibillion-dollar effort to halt the decline of the Everglades, the "river of grass" that once covered 4,500 sq. mi. (11,700 sq km) in Florida. Having spent much of this century channeling, damming and diverting Everglades water for urban and agricultural use, state and federal politicians have watched with growing alarm as these alterations threw the ecosystem into a tailspin. Wading-bird populations have plummeted; sport and commercial fish catches have fallen...
...heat-trapping carbon dioxide); and the Earth Day Energy Fast campaign, based in Los Angeles, will urge folks to shut off appliances for 24 hours. For a rundown on events, visit www.earthday.net But saving the planet obviously isn't a one-day proposition. Here's a sampling of how grass-roots groups plan to keep the faith even when April 22 is just a memory...
...visitor's home field is grass, the Crimson will play at Jordan. If the opponent normally plays on turf, the Crimson will cross the street to Ohiri, its old home site...
...first completely artificial turf field with full lighting, the natural grass fields will not be relied upon as heavily, thus easing scheduling congestion and lessening the effects of the changeable Cambridge weather. Harvard's intramural program may also gain limited use of the new field...
...they become one and the same, written in the equivalent language. No doubt Schulze is a master craftsman, but his few missteps in this new volume lead one to hold back unabashed praise. We shall wait to see if he indeed becomes the "new epic storyteller" that Gunter Grass has pegged him to be. Until that main course, wet your palate on Simple Stories...