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...years he has farmed the fertile soil of California's San Joaquin Valley, Fred Starrh has known his share of hardship. But never has he had a year like this. Rainfall and snowfall 75% below normal have left the state parched, and Starrh is struggling to save his 8,000-acre spread. He has let all 40 of his permanent employees go. He won't plant cotton this spring -- it needs lots of water. His alfalfa, another thirsty crop, will come in at one- sixth of last year's harvest. He is desperately scrounging for water to sustain his almond...
Thom's roots are deep in the rocky mountain soil, stretching back seven generations to Coulterville's first settlers. His forefathers arrived in the 1850s, shortly after the California gold rush began. This proud heritage infused every bit of his 6-ft. 1-in., 180-lb. frame. In some of Thom's desert pictures, his greenish-brown eyes, often hidden behind mirrored sunglasses, are filled with the glint of a growing confidence as he began to make his way in the world. His bearing betrayed a lifelong fascination with the military. Thom often wore camouflage pants and shirts...
...kind of interpretation on what's going on," said chief of allied operations General H. Norman < Schwarzkopf. If Saddam Hussein was behind the exodus -- and that was not absolutely certain -- his goal was obvious: to save his air force from being destroyed on Iraqi soil by allied bombers. But what had motivated Iran to give a helping hand to its erstwhile enemy...
...mustard gas and nerve agents. Because the plants are surrounded by a 25-sq.-km (9.6-sq.-mi.) "exclusion zone," the likelihood of a deadly plume invading populated areas is small. Explosives would also tend to break the gases down into less deadly substances. Harmful chemicals that penetrated the soil would disappear without a trace within a few weeks at most...
...cost of the fighting and collect the balance from other key members of the 28-nation alliance. In response, Kuwait's government-in-exile last week pledged $13.5 billion to support the war effort. Saudi Arabia is providing food, water and transportation for allied soldiers on its soil, and agreed earlier to pick up as much as half the bill for all war costs...