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Having grown up on India's stormy southeastern coast, I have experienced some of Nature's terrifying moods. But not even a full-blown tropical cyclone can reduce a city of brick, stone and mortar into a mountain of rubble. An earthquake is especially terrifying because it shakes our most fundamental belief, that the ground beneath us is solid. Although I have volunteered to help in the relief effort, I'm truly, deeply, frightened?and will remain so for the duration as aftershocks, at least six a day, rumble underfoot. These are mostly mild, 3.5 to 4.5 on the Richter...
Since the suggested distribution keeps three former division rivals together in every division but the NFC West, there is very little room for contention. Although some owners, namely those of the newer southeastern teams, would prefer radical geographic realignment, there is no indication that any such plan is being considered...
...Southeastern Conference stalwart Florida (4-0), beat the Crimson, 78-56, to open the tournament on Friday, but, despite the loss, the Crimson can take something positive away from its play, which kept it close to the Gators for much of the game...
RESIGNED. MATTHEW GLAVIN, 47, president of the conservative Southeastern Legal Foundation, which is seeking to have President Clinton disbarred in Arkansas; after being charged with public indecency for allegedly fondling himself and an undercover park ranger in May in Georgia's Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area; in Atlanta. Glavin, who has fought against affirmative-action policies and same-sex benefits, denies the charges...
...natural phenomena, sparks most of the huge fires, and that penetration is increasing, along with deforestation and slash-and-burn agriculture. Fire, deforestation and roads are linked in an unholy trinity. In 1998, Brazilian authorities found themselves battling enormous fires in the states of Par? (where 40% of the southeastern forests burned), Roraima and Mato Grosso. Most blazes started near roads as settlers burned accessible forest to clear land for farms. The only reason even bigger stretches of the dense forest around Tapaj?s did not go up in flames is that no paved roads penetrate the most vulnerable areas...