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Why can't the 200,000 members of the Colombian armed forces and police defeat the cartels? The top-heavy law-enforcement agencies were not designed to be a narcotics strike force. According to a secret government report, the army, navy and air force -- all involved in the drug war...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Colombia The War That Will Not End | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

"White water! White water!" yelps Neil Kaminsky, an Albuquerque physician and veteran rafter, as he maneuvers through 5 ft.-tall, "haystack" waves on Idaho's roaring Salmon River. It may not be everyone's idea of a great vacation, but Kaminsky counts himself lucky to be out there risking his...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Take A Number To Take a Hike | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

Just before the end of the school year, Smith gives his students blank, 17- in. by 27-in. map boards and tells them to try again. They have about 14 hours of class time over several weeks to complete the job from memory. No tracing or reference material is allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Quick! Name Togo's Capital | 7/16/1990 | See Source »

The crisis has forced many in Douglas County to reappraise a life-style more precious now that it is endangered. Those who work in the woods can make $35,000 to $45,000 a year. Millworkers generally make less. But the issue is more than money. They have also been...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Owl vs Man | 6/25/1990 | See Source »

The big problem now was treatment of toxic waste. The pollution caused by floating logs down the rivers that empty into the lake kills the spawn of most fish, including the Baikal omul, which a century ago rivaled beef as a source of food for all Russia. The accidental discharge...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sakharov: Who Murdered Lake Baikal? | 5/21/1990 | See Source »

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