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...warn you, or fairly appraise you of what I (and many of my football-writing colleagues) can and can’t do.I can recognize zone coverage. I can recognize man-to-man, and I recognize blitzes. I know that as a punt returner, you plant your heels on the 10-yard line and don’t back up. I know the difference between a slant, a post, and a quick out.But there’s a lot I can’t do, as well. For starters, I can’t draw up a scheme on either...
...Even more complicated and challenging will be ensuring that the stacks of signed documents translate into lasting and measurable change for those who propelled nationalization to the policy floor - the poor and impoverished majority of Bolivians, like those who live next to the Rio Grande gas plant...
Krouse claims that a dozen of his generators on riverbeds in fast-moving water could produce up to 250 MW, as much electricity as a small coal-fired plant--without the greenhouse-gas emissions. On a smaller scale, the same technology could power homes, clinics or schools in remote villages. "It has the potential to change millions of people's lives," says Krouse...
Jimmy Turner, director of horticultural research for the Dallas Arboretum, says demand for rare plants like the Wollemi has grown sharply in recent years. "The buying public is looking for brighter, bigger and better plants," he says. Sales of simple seeds and bulbs have correspondingly slowed, he adds, because plant fans want ever more exotic species that are already partly grown. "Gardeners are more interested in decorating their yard than the old-fashioned process of planting seeds and watching them grow slowly...
Turner is testing 3,000 new varieties of bedding plants this year to help plant lovers identify the best of what's new, and he considers the Wollemi among the most unusual. Unlike other pine trees, which have a single trunk, the Wollemi pines, once fully grown, can have up to 100 trunks and stand more than 80 ft. tall. Hardiness has allowed the species to survive for millions of years, all the way back to when T. rex roamed the earth. "Its discovery is the equivalent of finding a dinosaur alive today," says Sally McGeoch, marketing manager for Wollemi...