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Another danger, particularly near San Francisco, is California's inexorable urge to build. Winiarski rightly calls the Napa Valley "a national treasure." Yet some county officials, mindful only of tax revenue and tourist dollars, want a four-lane highway to ease heavy weekend traffic and are openly sympathetic to developers who would perch condos on fragile hills overlooking the vineyards. On Nov. 6 voters approved Proposition J, which prohibits any change until the year 2020 in the county's general plan for preserving vineyards. Pessimists think it only a matter of time before the plan comes under renewed threat. "Once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Food: A Golden Age for Grapes | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

With the score 61-53, a missed dunk by Harvardforward Ron Mitchell killed the Crimson'smomentum. Harvard point guard Tarik Campbell drovethe lane and dished to Mitchell, who missed theslam dunk and was called for a technical foul forholding onto the rim. The Crimson crumbled, beingoutscored, 13-0, over the next two minutes...

Author: By Michael Stankiewicz, | Title: Holy Cross Streaks By Cagers | 12/6/1990 | See Source »

BOSTON--Boston City Councilor Michael J. McCormack called plans to build a 16-lane interchange as part of the Central Artery-Third Harbor Tunnel project "a monstrosity and a catastrophe...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Boston Planning Official Criticizes Scheme Z | 12/5/1990 | See Source »

...reality, there was always a `line of fire' that would bear the brunt on the scoresheet. In the NCAA championship year of 1988-89, it was the line of Lane MacDonald, Allen Bourbeau and C.J. Young. Last year, Cleary teamed Young up with John Murphy and Mike Vukonich for the Crimson's highest point total...

Author: By Gary R. Shenk, | Title: All Lines Are NOT Created Equal | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...longer. Congress has given the Justice Department the right to start collecting tolls from automobiles entering the U.S. at various border checkpoints. An initial test will take place in March in Blaine, Wash.: for a one-time $25 fee, drivers will be allowed unlimited crossings in a special "express lane." Tolls of $2 a crossing will be tested later. Officials claim the tolls are needed to pay for more border agents and to improve facilities at the crowded checkpoints. Opponents have complained that poor day laborers will be hardest hit by the charges and that instituting them is tantamount...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Welcome To Americaland | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

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