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...Marcovaldis, who had studied oceanography together at Brazil's University of Rio Grande, resolved to stop the slaughter. With government funding, they enlisted a growing army of Brazilians to guard the sea turtles and their nests. Today 400 employees at 21 stations patrol 620 miles of coastline...
EVELYN LIEBERMAN She emerges from the Starr report as the only White House grownup on intern patrol...
...truth still out there? The "X-Files" may have backed away from claiming that aliens patrol our night skies, but now a panel of distinguished academics is urging the scientific community to reexamine the evidence on extra-terrestrials. "Certainly there are objects that are unidentified, although whether they're alien space ships is another matter," says TIME correspondent Michael Lemonick. "The proposition that an unexplained phenomenon should be explained is imminently reasonable to scientists...
Prospects have been bleak for sea turtles lately, but at least two species, Kemp's ridley and the loggerhead, are enjoying something of a population boom. New turtle-safe nets and government efforts to protect the animals and their habitat have helped, but experts also credit volunteers who patrol the beaches where sea turtles lay their eggs, protecting and, when necessary, moving the nests...
...When I came to this country, the police were so kind. To me in Haiti, the police were the criminals. And now I patrol and that's what I want to do," says Officer Derosiers. "I wish I could do it in Haiti to show them how it's done...