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...There is a great deal of natural rhythm in all of these shifts," says Vaclav Smil, professor of geography at Canada's University of Manitoba and an expert on environmental and energy matters. But he says better farming practices can help: "recycling crop residues, planting leguminous cover crops [plants with seeds in pods], planting trees everywhere." Smil also believes that even the poorest people should be charged for their water - "as much as they can bear" - to help ensure both efficient use and quality systems. "Otherwise they will waste as much as anybody else...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dried Out | 5/7/2001 | See Source »

...degrees] 40", or not b) Blame Manitoba c) Sustained mediocrity d) National unity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Quiz Dec. 11, 2000 | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...official opposition--and partially from disillusioned Conservatives. Like the Bloc Quebecois, which advocates Quebec's separation from Canada, its appeal is largely regional. West of Ontario, the Alliance shows healthy (for Day, at least; most Canadians, however, pale at the prospect) leads in the polls. East of the Manitoba-Ontario divide, responsible citizens balk at Stockwell "Doris" Day, insisting that anyone who announces his bid for Prime Minister in a wet suit, frankly, deserves to be washed up. (An example of grassroots democracy at its best: A petition has been circulating that calls for the government to officially change Stockwell...

Author: By Dalia L. Rotstein, | Title: Canadian Elections: A Primer | 11/21/2000 | See Source »

...quiz. Name and locate the following: Hekla, Monrovia, Manitoba and Orinoco. Now for a math problem: If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is the worth at 50[cents] a bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. for tare? (Hint: a bushel of wheat weighs 60 lbs. You're on your own for tare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Does Texas Make The Grade? | 9/11/2000 | See Source »

...less cosmic level, Mike Macri, who runs nature tours in Churchill, on the western shores of Hudson Bay in Canada's Manitoba province, has had to rewrite his brochures. The old ones encouraged tourists to arrive at Churchill in mid-June to see beluga whales, which migrate up the mouth of the Churchill River following the spring ice breakup. The new brochure encourages visitors to arrive as early...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Big Meltdown | 9/4/2000 | See Source »

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