Word: rained
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...after withstanding a steady rain of bombs and cruise missiles that, according to Defense Secretary William Cohen, set Iraq's weapons program back at least a year, Hussein has vowed to fight on. Hours before Clinton called off the planes, Baghdad said it would now cut off all cooperation with U.N. weapons inspectors. The White House countered that it would use force, if necessary, to keep those doors open. All of which sounds more than a little familiar. In the end, just as with the impeachment debate, we finish the year much in the same place we started -- but with...
Rumor has it that rain has never interrupted a Harvard Commencement.But in 1970, the forces of political activism...
Plotkin soon realized that his work could play a role in saving the rain forest. The key was to help persuade indigenous peoples and their governments that they stood to gain more in the long run if they preserved their trees and cultures than if they let timber companies strip the land. The knowledge of the shamans--and the secrets that new generations of shamans might uncover--could be worth a fortune, especially since herbal medicine is booming in developed countries. Interest in medicinal plants is "real sweet right now," Plotkin says. "Indians are potentially the best conservationists out there...
...find it in a new Gibson guitar, in kiosks at the Nature Company stores and even in the Portland Trailblazers' practice court. It's wood harvested responsibly from an eco-friendly commercial forest, not timber stripped from a virgin rain forest. How do you know? The Forest Stewardship Council says...
...Gibson's Les Paul Exotics line of guitars, are allowed to carry the FSC symbol, which features a tree with a checkmark. "It's a verifiable audit trail," says Jamie Ervin, the executive director of the FSC's U.S. branch. "Instead of just being hit with negative images about rain-forest destruction, consumers can look for a logo that lets them make a positive environmental choice...