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...some far-flung frontiers, but probably none more desolate than the southern shores of the Aral Sea in Uzbekistan. Once a balmy oasis of apricot groves, fields of watermelon and rivers of fish so fat that each could feed a family, this is now a poisoned desert of salt and brown dust. The catalog of catastrophes that makes up one of the world's worst environmental disasters includes mankind's largest current tuberculosis epidemic and highest rates of anemia, the biggest dust bowl on earth and one of the most extreme ranges of temperatures?from 50C to minus...
...river to irrigate vast collectivized cotton farms turned the fertile delta into desert in a few decades. The Aral Sea split into two and receded to less than half its size. Rains failed. Without the sea, temperatures became erratic. What water remained was a concentrated cocktail of salt, minerals and pesticide runoff from the cotton fields upstream. Moynaq, the nearest town, watched its livelihood drain away with the parting Aral. The former bustling port used to can 70 million tins of fish a year and import millions of tons of grain and coal. Now Moynaq's fleet lies beached...
...about R?g?ne was her incredible willpower, determination and tenacity?despite her many accidents?to conquer her fear, come back and win. Only a very few champions ever manage that. To me, she was like a daughter. I think R?g?ne had it in her to win a gold medal in Salt Lake City. I would have been overjoyed...
...Salt Lake City will be hosting the second women’s hockey tournament in Olympic history from Feb. 8 to Feb. 24. The Canadians and the Americans are the heavy favorites to advance to the gold medal game, and both sides want to win badly. Though the Canadians have won all seven World Championship hockey tournaments, they have yet to win a gold medal after falling to the U.S. at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano. The U.S. is eager to defend its title and take advantage of a rare opportunity to win a gold medal on its own soil...
...Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, has drawn the attention of many Crimson skaters who are away from the team for the year. One missing piece is Jennifer Botterill ’02-’03, who won last year’s Patty Kazmaier Award—given to the best collegiate women’s ice hockey player in the country. Botterill is off testing herself against the best in the world as a member of Canadian National Team...