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...During his first week of vacation, Bush ventured all the way to Waco -about 25 minutes from Crawford - to "help build" a house with Habitat for Humanity. Though Bush actually spent about 15 minutes doing anything, the print media dutifully reported his activity. More importantly, of course, the images of Bush at work on a good deed were carried across the nation on television and in photographs...
Tiger attacks on humans have been on the increase in Hawaii, and one reason, says John Naughton of Hawaii's Habitat Conservation Program, may be the increase in seagoing green turtles since they were protected in the 1970s. "Turtles come close to the shore, and the tigers follow them to prey on them. That puts them in the same area as swimmers and surfers." Tigers are slower swimmers than great whites and not as good at surprise. Human victims often see the shark before it closes in to attack. But tigers are persistent. "If you are bitten by a tiger...
Even on Wall Street, the natural habitat of the lone wolf, it's harder to run solo. "On Wall Street, aggression was equated with sales," observes Larry Fraser of Management & Capital Partners, consultants in hiring and organizational effectiveness. "But the aggression now prevalent on Wall Street is institutional aggressiveness in the market and a downward trend in individual success at any cost." Ten years ago, he notes, 10 of the top 15 institutional brokers on the Street paid employees by commission. Five years ago, that number was down to five. In the first quarter of this year, the last holdout...
...least people talked. Sadly, that's not the case in Klamath Falls, Ore. In Klamath, another fight has broken out over land and water and economics, but also over language. To the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Klamath Lake is habitat that supports endangered fish, and when the water level began to drop from drought this year, its federal keepers cut off irrigation water to 240,000 acres of cropland. To the Klamath's farmers, however, the valley has a simpler name: home. Its federally subsidized waters support their very way of life, and have for decades...
...field or temple? Habitat or home? The West these days could use a few more translators and a few less bureaucrats and lawyers. On a recent trip to the Valley of the Chiefs (a.k.a. Federal Lease MTM-74615), Howard Boggess witnessed proof that demonstrated how people of different backgrounds can come together for a greater good. "As I walked, I wondered, How long had it been since a Blackfeet, a Crow and a Comanche had walked this valley together and prayed together and had food?" Too long, no doubt--peace always takes too long. The question is, When will Boggess...