Word: lande
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...victory for nature lovers, a newly signed omnibus bill will protect some 2 million acres of wilderness, the most significant conservation effort in more than a decade. The legislation also protects 1,000 miles of scenic rivers and provides more federal protection to areas under the Bureau of Land Management...
...Jewish nursing student from Chicago who accompanied her Guyanese husband back to his native land. The pair got involved in leftist politics, and decades later, Janet Jagan, 88, succeeded her deceased spouse as President of Guyana to become the first woman to lead the nation...
...have a duty to answer Obama’s challenge.” Ford also urged attendees to actively combat existing social prejudices. “Though times have changed, people haven’t changed,” she said. “Our President transmogrified the land. But if he is to succeed, we have a lot to do.” BPLA Finance Director Crystalee J. Forbes ’11, called Ford a “pioneer in her own right, a leader who embodied the ideals she espoused.” Ford received the Charles...
...international healthcare organization Partners in Health (PIH), according to Karen Fritsche, the walk’s co-founder. This year’s theme was “Housing for Haiti,” as 100 percent of the funds will be used to rebuild homes in Haiti, where land and infrastructure were devastated by two hurricanes last summer, Fritsche said. She estimated the three-mile walk along the Charles River raised enough money to build at least eight houses. In previous years, money raised has been used to purchase operating room lights, construct housing, and fund scholarships to support...
...capability is very limited, says Shanaka Jayasekara, a lecturer at the Centre for Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism at Macquarie University in Sydney. "The only possibility in my view is if the Zlin-143 [the Czech-built light aircraft used by the Tigers] has been modified with landing floaters and the objective is to land in international waters close to an LTTE merchant vessel for a transfer," Jayasekara says...