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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Nature is at its best when McKibben explains the consequences of his "end of nature." Although not a scientist, he writes clearly and perceptively about several reasonably esoteric subjects--from genetic engineering to the recently-discovered hole in the Antarctic ozone layer. Although his explanations of global warming may seem doom-laden, they contain enough hard facts to give even the least environmentally aware person a serious jolt...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Predicting an End to the 'Sweet and Wild Garden' | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

McKibben's arguments are most devastating when he tries to be frank and objective. He freely acknowledges that he does not know how the world will actually be different in the post-nature era, if at all. Such observations may seem equivocal, but they lend force to McKibben's arguments. No one knows what will happen, McKibben says; nothing is definite. When a world beyond humanity's reach no longer exists, there will be no security...

Author: By Matthew M. Hoffman, | Title: Predicting an End to the 'Sweet and Wild Garden' | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...there such a lull in boats going by?" puzzled one tourist in a bright red ski jacket aloud to his companion, munching on a hunk of Italian sausage. Indeed, very few observers care about who wins or who loses. Very few seem to know that the regatta is a series of races. Some know even less. A woman wearing a Lesley College sweatshirt and sunglasses spoke distractedly, pointing first downstream, then upstream, then across the river, "So what's the deal? The races are going this way?" And others still less--"Are we near Harvard Square...

Author: By Stephen J. Newman, | Title: The Head of the Charles | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

While any inroads against these "boobs" (as Ted Turner calls them) may seem like cause for celebration, there is good reason not to break out the champagne...

Author: By Joshua A. Gerstein, | Title: Reining in RICO Before It's Too Late | 10/21/1989 | See Source »

...Mike and the Mechanics' "The Living Years," most parents get that warm, fuzzy feeling and want to be cuddled by their children. And MacDonald's commercials like "Hey little man/Growing up just as fast as he can" urge us to indulge in filial love, but we do not seem to know just how to express...

Author: By Darshak M. Sanghavi, | Title: Saying the 'L' Word to the Folks | 10/21/1989 | See Source »

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