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Petteys' heart stirred. Buried deep in the soul of every caring farmer there is the understanding that he is only the land's temporary steward. "I wanted to take care of the land," he says simply. "We have to. That's our future." Last year 80% of the 1,000 acres he farms for landowners was in no-till...
...news brought few tears. Schmidt's brief reign as steward of Yale's fortunes was rocky from the start. When the former dean of Columbia University Law School commuted between New Haven, Conn., and home with his filmmaker wife in New York City, Yalies jeered, "Where's Benno?" A bitter strike by graduate-student teaching assistants and recent recommendations for sharp cutbacks in faculty and the elimination of several academic departments damaged campus morale. But Schmidt, 50, managed to assuage some students by serenading them with country-and-western tunes on his guitar and to woo some alums with...
...together. He's stubborn, hot tempered and a survivor; she's all high spirits and willfulness, and they both know how to find the comic side of those traits, because, starry glamour aside, they are resourceful actors. Determined to avoid an arranged marriage to Stephen (Thomas Gibson), the very steward who is the source of Joseph's troubles, Shannon runs away to America, taking Joseph along as her servant...
...came to be more than three years ago that Lujan was made steward of the nation's natural treasures, overseeing some 440 million acres of precious wilderness, wetlands, parks and open expanses -- one-quarter of the U.S. landmass. By action and inaction, he has already left his imprint upon the American landscape while remaining largely unknown to the public -- a kind of Stealth Secretary. In speeches, Lujan has appealed for "balance" -- his favorite word -- between environmentalism and economic development. "I am not going to let anyone rape the earth," he insists. But in actuality, his policies distinctly tilt toward industry...
...Harry W. Hirtle, shop steward for theGCIU--which represents employees of the Office ofthe University Publisher--said workers there werenot pleased with the results of their contractnegotiations...