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...DIED. JOSE LUTZENBERGER, 75, outspoken Brazilian environmentalist; after a heart attack; in Porto Alegre. Once a salesman for a German chemical company, Lutzenberger changed jobs after visiting an apple orchard that had been sprayed with his company's chemicals. As Brazil's Secretary of the Environment, Lutzenberger pushed for punitive measures for industrial polluters and helped create an oasis in the Amazon for the Yanomami Indians...
...It’s a chance to be around some really smart folks,” said Bryan Monroe, deputy managing editor of the San Jose Mercury News and one of next year’s Nieman fellows. “I hope that it’ll certainly give me a chance to recharge my batteries a little...
Unlike many of its U.S. rivals, E.ON had its balance sheet in order at the end of 2001. After selling off underperforming telecom assets, it lowered its debt-equity ratio from 21% to 2%. (Compare that with 79% for Calpine, the power-generating firm based in San Jose, Calif.) Hartmann's advance team is already on the ground in New York City. Its members arrived to handle the purchase of LG&E, which E.ON took over through the acquisition of LG&E's British parent, PowerGen. Shareholders approved the deal last month, and the company is waiting only...
...comedy series Mother and Son; in Sydney. Working in theater, television, film and radio for 56 years, Cracknell won numerous accolades, including the Silver Logie for most popular comedy personality and for most outstanding actress. In 1998 Cracknell was named a living treasure by Australia's National Trust. DIED. JOSE LUTZENBERGER, 75, former secretary of the environment and leading voice of Brazil's Green movement; in Porto Alegre. His work put an end to the government's ?nuclear program and helped ?secure 93,240 sq km of Amazon rainforest as a sanctuary for the Yanomami Indians. In 1988 Lutzenberger...
...Michelle Winner's social-skills clinic in San Jose, Calif., business is booming. Every week dozens of youngsters with Asperger syndrome file in and out of therapy sessions while their anxious mothers run errands or chat quietly in the waiting room. In one session, a rosy-cheeked 12-year-old struggles to describe the emotional reactions of a cartoon character in a video clip; in another, four little boys (like most forms of autism, Asperger's overwhelmingly affects boys) grapple with the elusive concept of teamwork while playing a game of 20 Questions. Unless prompted to do so, they seldom...