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Today the timber industry no longer enjoys the absolute fealty it once did. Mainers have watched with alarm over the past two decades as some 2,000 sq. mi. of forest--roughly the area of Delaware--have been clear-cut. From the air, the rich coat of the North Woods looks like it has mange. In the past five years, softwoods such as spruce and fir have been chopped down at a pace almost double their rate of growth. "There is no question that clear-cutting was overused," concedes Roger Milliken, one of the most progressive of the large landowners...
...sq. patch of lawn in 90 min., how long would it take three men, and would an increase in the minimum wage have an adverse effect on their employability...
...have persuaded the U.S. and other major countries to support a conservation offensive called the International Coral Reef Initiative. And perhaps most important, they have launched an ambitious project called the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, which will conduct the first surveys of the earth's estimated 400,000 sq. mi. of reef, including remote atolls no scientist has ever seen...
Nowhere in the world have they been subject to more abuse than in the Philippines, says University of the Philippines marine scientist Edgardo Gomez. According to environmentalists, a staggering 90% of the archipelago's 13,000 sq. mi. of reef is dead or deteriorating. Among other things, Philippine reefs are being buried by tons of soil that washes from deforested tracts of land. They are also being damaged by pollution that seeps from factories, farm fields and sewers. But above all they are being destroyed by too much fishing...
...your heart set on a notebook computer, drop by Laptop Superstore (Mass Ave., near Porter Sq.) They carry a wide variety of machines by all the top manufacturers, and all their systems come with a unique 5-year worldwide warranty at no extra charge. Laptop Superstore also has a "bargain basement" in the same location, a good place to look if you want an inexpensive used or discontinued portable computer to complement your desktop...