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Dates: during 2000-2009
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In the tent cities that have sprouted around Bhuj, Bachchau and Anjar, news of fabulous rivers and ponds is greeted with healthy skepticism. For the moment, though, most survivors are too busy grieving for their dead to be distracted by faux miracles. Many families remain in a state of suspended...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shock After Shock | 3/4/2001 | See Source »

It cites "shrinkage of glaciers, thawing of permafrost, later freezing and earlier break-up of ice on rivers and lake, and poleward and altitudinal shifts of plant and animal ranges" as evidence of a change in global climate.

Author: By Jonathan H. Esensten, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Expert Warns of Climate Change | 2/28/2001 | See Source »

Jesse Jackson personally appealed to Clinton to commute the sentence of Melvin Reynolds, a former Illinois Congressman serving seven years for corruption and for having sex with an underage campaign worker. Other Jackson associates who received clemency include John H. Bustamante, 70, a former adviser who pleaded guilty to fraud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Would You Pardon Them? | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

Reggie Rivers, an African-American former NFL player who is heterosexual, equated the current climate of socially acceptable discrimination against homosexuals with the overt discrimination against blacks in the 1950s.

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Speakers Discuss Gay Experience in Athletics | 2/20/2001 | See Source »

"It seems that we are free to say anything about gay people without a societal reprimand," said Rivers, who now hosts a radio talk show and pens a column for the Denver Post.

Author: By Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Speakers Discuss Gay Experience in Athletics | 2/20/2001 | See Source »

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