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...acre of them, stretching as far as the eye can see. Cattails are taking over the eastern Everglades, crowding out the saw grass and choking the algae at the base of the ecosystem's food chain. Cattails now cover 20,000 acres of what was once pristine wetland. Grown thick and tall (some more than 8 ft. high) in the phosphorus-filled runoff of nearby sugar and vegetable plantations, they stand as a symbol of the decades of mismanagement that have brought the famous region to the brink of environmental collapse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Facing a Deadline to Save the Everglades | 6/21/1993 | See Source »

Kennedy fights constantly to strike a proper balance between incongruities. One David isn't private and a completely different one public--instead, a single Kennedy has built a thick wall between the two. One David isn't Irish Catholic, another cosmopolitan liberal--he tries to be both. One David isn't a social activist, another a flippant 'Poonster, reveling in the Castle's elite traditions--here, David is both...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: From 'Poon to Perspective, The Two Sides of a Paradox | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...this year it was back to normal: an uncomfortable coexistence, with house life gradually balkanizing (Asian American in Quincy, white on the River, Black in the Quad) and the administration issuing thick but directionless "reports" on what...

Author: By John A. Cloud, | Title: Life at Harvard-Herzegovina | 6/10/1993 | See Source »

...hand Rooney extended a thick stack of press reports of Hogue's previous arrests, aliases and parole records...

Author: By Andrew L. Wright, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: A Career of Deception | 5/24/1993 | See Source »

Later in the day, Khalilah shows me her report and poster on J. Edgar Hoover. "It was like college," she says, telling me how she borrowed four thick books from the library for research. "I learned about someone who made it," she says. "I think every class should have a fair...

Author: By Bryan D. Garsten, | Title: Khalilah Horton Goes to School | 5/12/1993 | See Source »

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