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...natural world. On the other hand, Democrats would do just as well to note that Theodore Roosevelt saw man as part of nature and not as its opponent. As a rancher, big game hunter, fisherman and perhaps the most outdoor President in American history, TR believed that conservation included land use and not merely its preservation. I believe he would have resoundingly advocated a multiple use approach to Federal lands...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why we should study Theodore Roosevelt | 6/29/2006 | See Source »

...first time since Israel evacuated its settlements and army outposts from Gaza last August, the Israeli military is now inside the narrow strip of land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behind Israel's Move into Gaza | 6/28/2006 | See Source »

...infinite variety and character of English gardens have been delighting visitors for centuries. And the green and pleasant land's love affair with horticulture still thrives?an array of sublime landscapes awaits those prepared to venture off the proverbial garden path. Classical gardens don't get much finer than those at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. Designed by Capability Brown in the 18th century, the grounds are so grand it's said they inspired Jane Austen's vision of Mr. Darcy's home in Pride and Prejudice; Chatsworth was used as the set of his house for last year's film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: English Roses | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

...passable. In the 1950s, the general-turned politician, by then elected president, resolved to build a similar system across the United States. "The old convoy," he recalled, "had started me thinking about good, two-lane highways, but Germany had made me see the wisdom of broader ribbons across the land...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Interstates Turn 50 | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

...Even so, as former Confederate president Davis, now Union prisoner, recalled in his memoirs, one thought did bring him solace: "the Confederate flag no long floated on the land; but one gallant sailor still unfurled it on the Pacific"-"Captain [James I.] Waddell, commanding the Shenandoah cruiser...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Odyssey of the Shenandoah | 6/26/2006 | See Source »

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