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Landscaping creates problems not immediately obvious to the casual observer. What prices do we pay for the lush green lawns of Harvard? What are those little warning flags scattered around campus hiding? A conversation I had with Facilities Maintenance a few years ago informed me that Harvard conducts only "spot treatments" of herbicides and pesticides. We need to ask ourselves if an occasional weed is that much of a threat. The "green stuff" sprayed each year contains an apparently benign mix of seed, fertilizer, fiber and food coloring (the reason it's green). Is the coloring really necessary...

Author: By Damon G. Guterman, | Title: How Green Is Harvard? | 4/7/1994 | See Source »

...things that flowed from Desert Storm were marvelous," says Bush. "It led to the Madrid meeting on the Middle East, and that led to the handshake on the White House lawn between Arafat and Rabin. And NAFTA was our baby. Clinton, once he got through trying to get by the labor and environmental crowd, worked like hell for it. Give him credit. But it was our deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: The Grandfather in Chief | 3/28/1994 | See Source »

...kneeling worshippers, his intention was not just to kill Arabs but also to destroy the peace process that promised to end decades of bloody struggle over the occupied territories. If a way cannot be found to allow both sides to fulfill the pledge they made on the White House lawn last September, Goldstein will have succeeded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Raging Against Peace | 3/14/1994 | See Source »

Ever since the September peace accord was signed on the White House lawn, radical settlers, especially from the Kahane movement, have been loudly announcing their determination to take matters into their own hands to stop the delivery of land they consider their biblical birthright into the hands of the Palestinians. Settlers in Hebron have been caught on videotape firing repeatedly on Palestinian stone throwers. Jewish militants have stopped Palestinians on the roads and harassed them. The Israeli army for the most part has stood by, doing nothing to subdue them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Fury Rules | 3/7/1994 | See Source »

...sultry, though less exciting partner Patrick Armand in his role of Prince Sigfried. The pure lines of their pas de deux and the chemistry between Ponomarenko and Armand was complemented well by the spectacle of the events which surrounded their plot. The ensemble scenes of merrymaking on the castle lawn in Act I and in the castle ballroom in Act III sustain an interest independent of the central pair; they prove that both the quality and spirit of the dance extend to the whole cast. Of particular note was Daniel Meja as the mischievous jester, who often upstaged the principal...

Author: By Edith A. Replogie, | Title: Swan Lake Keeps Neck In | 3/3/1994 | See Source »

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