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WHEN BONO TOSSED OFF THAT LINE during the fall campaign, he may have been merely poking fun at the save-the-planet folks, just as he used to trade put-downs with his old partner, Cher. But underneath the comic exaggeration was a serious message. The noises coming from Bono and many of his fellow Republican signers of House Speaker Newt Gingrich's "Contract with America" signal a radical shift in Congress's attitude toward environmental issues-a shift that may bode ill for the health of snail darters, spotted owls and even the human species...
...Iran or Afghanistan. Now, with a second round of trials under way in New York City, information from the intelligence agencies that tracked him around the world--including the CIA, the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration--reveals that Yousef's travels took in huge swaths of the planet. His attack on the Trade Center was only the first of many murderous interludes and clever escapes in an infernal global odyssey...
...total focus on building speed and calculating the tightest turns around the gates. ``He doesn't make the mistakes he used to, like leaning back on his skis,'' says Roberto Della Torre, deputy editor of the Italian monthly Sciare. ``Compared with the competition, Tomba's skiing on another planet...
Paradise. 967 Comm Ave., Boston. 254-2052. From Good Homes and Planet Be on Thursday...
...Robinson has done the outstanding work of 10 people. He's one of the most important people on this planet," said Wood a graduate of the Harvard School of Education...