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Having seen people of all economic levels sifting through trash piles with her, McBride says that more and more people seem to be taking advantage of the resource potential of the garbage.

Author: By Melissa Lee, | Title: Garbage Bikes | 4/7/1992 | See Source »

Pack-rat middens are found in arid regions of North and Central America and take shape when the acquisitive rodent, like its human namesake, collects and carries home virtually all the trash it can find. It piles the debris in its den, where it becomes saturated with urine. As the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nature's Time Capsules | 4/6/1992 | See Source »

The decision on their fate, which will rest with the International Olympic Committee, is of vital significance to the pride and profit of each parvenu sport's participants, impresarios, bureaucrats and merchandisers. Getting a sport recognized takes years of lobbying and piles of documents. Moments after he won the first...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1992 Winter Olympics: It's A Kick, But Is It Olympian? | 2/24/1992 | See Source »

In the paradigm, the thesis is the "thesis." All work on the thesis that contributes to its final written structure--such as research, writing and editing--counts as "thesis." Work on the thesis that is done to avoid real work on the thesis, such as deciding on the font, playing...

Author: By David A. Plotz, | Title: Sin-thesizing Your Thesis | 2/11/1992 | See Source »

Condors find food in open flatlands where shrubbery will not hamper takeoffs. They used to live on cliff tops around California's Central Valley and fly to lowlands where hunters shot deer and left "gut piles" full of bullet fragments of toxic lead.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can They Go Home Again? | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

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