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Most 6’4, 225-lb. wide receivers who “catch everything” do. Murphy hinted that his defenders will be adopting a strategy more frequently used on the hardwood than the gridiron...
...waiting to be swayed. "Most people want to do the right thing, wherever it is," says the restaurateur, "and old-growth forests are a global issue." With several polls showing overwhelming national opposition to the clear felling and woodchipping of giant stands of Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest hardwood trees on the planet, swinging urban voters like MacLulich are in hot demand - even in the traditional Liberal seat of Wentworth, which includes Vaucluse and other well-heeled eastern Sydney suburbs, and where sitting member turned independent Peter King has already promised a private member's bill on the issue...
Smaller boutique hotels, such as El Remanso elremanso.com on the Pacific Coast, have found ways to be environmentally conscious from the ground up. Fallen wood was used to build El Remanso's roomy cabins, so no rare hardwood trees were logged. Each unit is surrounded by a moat of moving water that keeps ants out of the rooms, eliminating the need for pesticides...
Except for some modified post-and-beam-style cottages by Cutler and Graves, the architects' houses are not for traditionalists. They're mostly modern structures built with large quantities of glass, steel and environmentally sustainable materials. Kaufmann calls the Glidehouse project an effort to "collaborate with nature." Instead of hardwood floors that stress first-growth forests, she uses fast-growing bamboo. Lighting from the structure's glassy exterior, plus solar panels and a wind generator, reduces electricity use. "It's the housing equivalent of the Prius," says Kaufmann, referring to Toyota's environmentally conscious car. "Clean and green...
...Left, right, left…and feel it, and feel it…that’s right, left,” cooed our salsa dance instructor as he shook and shimmied his way across the hardwood floor at Sophia’s in Boston. It was hard enough to concentrate on his commands over the din of the pulsating Latin beat, and it was even harder with the added distraction of his pulsating Latin butt. Columbia native Johnny Giraldez, clad in formfitting trousers and a shirt with “Rebellious” scrawled across its back, served...