Word: sierras
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Land grabber, neighborhood despoiler, wheeler-dealer--those are the kinds of labels that stick to an urban real estate developer. Concerned environmentalist would not be on the list. But Douglas Durst is a developer with a green streak. And if he's not ready to be lionized by the Sierra Club, you could at least call him the greenest of New York City's megadevelopers...
...just finished reading "War Wounds," and am appalled by the maiming of these two innocent civilians in the bloody civil war in Sierra Leone [WORLD, Sept. 13]. As a young boy from India, I lived in Nigeria, where my father was a school principal in the early '80s. Nigeria and Sierra Leone were such peaceful countries, and their citizens were so lovely in nature--happy, God-fearing people with a smile and a greeting for everyone. What has happened to this continent? It has lost all its civility and is leaving behind a trail of brutality and sadness everywhere...
SAVAGERY IN SIERRA LEONE...
...fact, it's faster--at least, according to the specs and benchmark tests conducted by various know-it-all trade magazines. But what does that mean to me? To find out, I tried a few real-world tests. It took me 48 sec. to install Hoyle Casino (Sierra) on my otherwise comparably configured Dell, vs. 30 sec. on the Compaq. (And two minutes on each to lose $5,000 in Texas Hold 'Em.) Installing the morbidly obese Microsoft Office 2000 took 7 min. 40 sec. on the Dell but 6 min. 30 sec. on the Compaq. Starting up Word...
...International Rescue Committee is working with Sierra Leone's victims. It is accepting contributions at 122 East 42nd Street, New York...