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...used to spot a temp a mile away. He would show up at the office for a day, asking too many questions, trying to remember the firm's name when answering the phone, unable to find the coffeepot or get the copier to work...
...restoration. Every weekend a small army of volunteers heads for the hills, blazing trails, shoring up paths and redirecting misguided streamlets. On Humboldt Peak, more than 400 tons of rock were hauled in by rope and bucket to plug a 4-ft.-deep gully that ran for a quarter-mile. On Grays Peak, a well-groomed trail to the summit will be fashioned to replace a spiderweb of paths that climbers have etched haphazardly in the tundra. On Bierstadt, which has been singled out for attention this summer, workers are building boardwalks and diverting stream runoff to dry up muddy...
...Miccosukees, the region's revival needs to move as quickly as its demise has. They've always known that the Everglades is as essential as a blood supply--a knee-deep sheet of water that rolls half a mile a day, from the Kissimmee River to Florida Bay, sustaining life in marshes, coral reefs and cities. But a half-century ago, everyone else deemed it a mosquito-infested alligator swamp that was in the way of sugar fields and pink ranch houses. So the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built canals and levees to drain, rechannel--and utterly trash--eons...
...more into bargain basements and blue light specials, take the Red Line to Downtown Crossing and visit Filene's Basement, the mother of all bargain basements. There, you will make your way through mile-long racks of designer clothes, all priced to please...
There, you will make your way through mile-long racks of designer clothes, all priced to please...