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...alliance with sports monolith Nike, has developed a surface that more closely resembles the texture and response of grass. It is made of synthetic blades and is held up by an artificial dirt composed of silica and rubber that can be made of recycled running shoes. The University of Nebraska recently installed the surface after a year in which 40 football players sustained injuries on AstroTurf. "It is the closest thing to natural grass I've seen," says John Ingram, the Cornhuskers' director of athletic facilities. "This year we haven't had any injuries, and the players like...
...used to ride around with my grandfather in a horse and buggy," remembers Katherine Buffett, 93, of her childhood on a Nebraska farm. "Sometimes he would let me drive the horse myself." These days, when Mrs. Buffett hunkers down in her Hawker 1000 jet, the pilot does not offer her the reins. But he always gets her back home to Omaha on time...
...been made clear to me that the things I say about Bradley that are nice are heard in Gore's office," says Delaware's Joe Biden, who may endorse Bradley. Biden isn't sweating, and the threats haven't kept Senators Paul Wellstone of Minnesota and Bob Kerrey of Nebraska from endorsing him, but other Senators feel the heat. "There is a clear message that there shouldn't be a primary," says a staff member for a Senator who has already told Gore he will support him. According to Biden, since Gore launched his campaign, some Senators have sensed that...
...have to share Seacrest's bizarre idea of excitement to agree that groundwater is a big deal. It's the source of drinking water for half the U.S. population. Nebraska floats on water, sitting atop a gigantic sponge of sand and gravel that contains several aquifers. Farmers can drill into the rich soil, erect a center-pivot sprinkler system and watch corn grow as high as an elephant...
Over the years she found that teaching children was a good way to reach parents. This year her foundation picked 25 Nebraska high school and junior high students to attend "Groundwater University," a four-day field trip devoted to Seacrest's favorite subject. Looking beyond Nebraska, the foundation has since 1994 named hundreds of North American communities as "Groundwater Guardians" and honored their leaders. A North Carolina town, for example, was cited for fighting groundwater pollution from hog farms. "When I started in my kitchen," Seacrest says, "I had no idea it would lead to all this...