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Surfers and snowboarders have been blinded lately by a dazzling brilliance. It's not glare from the snow or water, but the neon-colored outfits of their companions. From the California coast to the Alps, the hottest look under the sun is the "acid bright" sportswear produced by the O'Neill company of Santa Cruz, Calif. The parkas, swim trunks, rucksacks and other splashy items are hard to miss, since O'Neill emblazons them with the company name in huge letters. O'Neill's sales reached an estimated $100 million last year, up more than 30% from...
Like most so-called degradable plastics, the Hefty bags contain a chemical additive to help the bags break down after exposure to sun and the elements. Yet most plastic ends up in landfills, where there is no light and little oxygen -- in short, no decomposition. As a result, the degradable label is often meaningless. Says Julie Brenegar, a spokeswoman for Greenpeace: "The plastics industry has been cynically cashing in on the good intentions of consumers who want to do the right thing for the environment...
...least 100 degrees in the noonday sun. Mario Vargas Llosa stands on an outdoor stage draped with sewn-together sheets pinned with red and white paper flowers. He is in Bagua, a dusty town in the north Peruvian jungle known more for its rice growing than for its literary sophistication. As the primarily Indian audience of several thousand watches, a partially toothless man wearing sunglasses and a pale blue guayabera hoarsely yells, "Mario, Presidente! Mario, Presidente!" Then the candidate speaks, promising, if he is elected this coming Sunday, to bring prosperity to the Amazonas province. "In this region," he proclaims...
...western edge of America, where the continent falls into the Pacific as it follows the sun, the coast has always seemed an image of Eden, a garden of earthly delights. "There is an island called California, on the right hand of the Indies, very near the Earthly Paradise," wrote a 16th century Spanish fantasist in a novel that gave the Golden State its name. California and other stretches of the Pacific shore would become the fated and fateful destinations of adventurous journeys westward by European settlers, cowboys, miners, Forty- Niners and dreamers. There the travelers would pass, or so they...
...California matches] definitely helped us a lot," Harvard Co-Captain Jamie Henikoff said. "I'm excited we're playing William & Mary right after the week in California, because we have experience battling with the wind. When you throw an indoor team like us outside, the sun and wind are big shocks. And we overcame it. I personally think that Pepperdine and California made people think [we] could win the East...