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...Ewing home at Southfork Ranch) fought with city (the Ewing Oil building in downtown Dallas). Cowboys corralled oil slickers. Sons (J.R. and Bobby) double-crossed each other for their father's love. Daughters-in-law ached for the approval of a family that would always eye them suspiciously. Add myriad business rivals, mistresses, children and newly discovered relatives, and the conflict could keep roiling in a never-ending story, with cunning variations on the time-honored themes of sex, money, power and family...
...that T.F.A.P. may be based on a flawed premise. Thomas Fox of the World Resources Institute doubts there is evidence to support the assumption that tropical forests can be harvested and managed without damaging the ecosystem. So little is known about the intricate co- dependencies that tie the myriad species of plants, animals and insects of these forests into a working system that some biologists wonder whether tropical forestry is sustainable at any commercial level...
Those who defend Gates say his is the only realistic approach. They decry the average officer's frustration with revolving-door justice, excessive plea bargaining, the fact that so few convicted felons "do time" for their crimes, the requirement that those who patrol ghetto areas fulfill a myriad of societal roles. As excuses, these explanations excuse nothing -- and the / conditions they describe are hardly...
Soldiers looking to maintain their morale can take advantage of the myriad freebies and perks that businesses are offering: a free tour of Universal Studios, free baseball tickets, discounts of up to 70% on major airlines, possibly even free tuition at some state colleges (Minnesota and Nevada). "We are very grateful for the job that they did," says Morris Lasky, president of Lodging Unlimited, a hotel-management company offering free rooms to returning vets. "We want to add some fun to their homecoming." Iowa's Steamboat Casino River Cruises gives vets a free trip down the Mississippi, while California...
...didn't get it, is to the late Robert Mapplethorpe. Just because he took six photographs of the piss-in-your-neighbor's-mouth variety, the argument goes, people shouldn't fail to recognize the remarkable quality and skill he demonstrated in his other work. Neither should the myriad of high-quality, unoffensive artistic specimens he provided be banned...