Word: sierras
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Reversing Policies. The problem is to get through the winter, and to do that environmentalists are ready to reverse old policies. Michael McCloskey, executive director of the Sierra Club, favors allocating low-sulfur fuels to the areas with the greatest pollution problems. "But if supplies of such fuels are inadequate to meet essential needs, like heating homes and schools," he says, "by all means we should use high-sulfur fuels...
SUNDAY: Men Who Made the Movies. The debut of an eight-part series on the lives of famous directors looks at Rauol Walsh, who starred in D.W. Griffith's "Birth of a Nation" and directed such film classics as "High Sierra" and "White Heat." CH.2. 7:30 p.m. Color...
...High Sierra. 1940. Walsh's memorable tale of an ex-con (Humphrey Bogart) and his faithful girl (Ida Lupino). CH.56...
...early, ardent foe of Senator Joe McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee. By liberal standards, his voting record on labor and civil rights is flawless. Though he wrote the legislation permitting the Alaska pipeline, he is the only member of the Senate who has received the Sierra Club's John Muir award for his efforts on behalf of the environment. His own political conduct is punctilious; he does not indulge in inflammatory rhetoric or ad hominem attacks. "I hate emotion in anything," says Jackson, "even in religion. If you master the facts, then you can posture yourself...
...different world out there," says Jack, who enjoys the nearby swimming, rafting, bicycling, tennis and skiing. The development also employs a full-time ecologist who even put a stop to mosquito spraying because of the damage to plants. Says Jack: "This is a town the Sierra Club would be proud of." Cautions Liz: "But don't tell anybody. Sunriver is great just...