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...park's west gate the engine exhaust is so thick that rangers have coated the toll booths with Plexiglas and installed a fresh-air pumping system. "The fumes are horrible," says ranger Seibert. "You shouldn't have to wear earplugs when you come to the park." As the number of snowmobilers and the attendant problems mount, Yellowstone's management is looking at its options, ranging from setting exhaust limits to imposing a snowmobile ban, moves that would bring howls of protest almost as loud as the machines themselves. Sighs park information officer Marsha Karle: "We're trying to control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARCTIC CATS AND BUFFALO | 3/17/1997 | See Source »

...Center for Women Policy Studies announced Thursday a national public education and advocacy campaign, including a toll-free information number--(888) SAT-BIAS--and efforts to lobby legislators and promote research to advance equity in testing...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Group Says SAT Biased | 3/15/1997 | See Source »

...reason or another not panned out." Investigators have reportedly been checking out a rumored link with a trio of Idaho men who were arrested for bombings in the Northwest, but no decisive evidence has been produced, at least publicly. To solicit more help, the FBI opened a toll-free phone line so potential tipsters can hear the 911 warning call that preceded the bombing. For now, separate teams of investigators from the FBI and the ATF will be looking into the nightclub and abortion-clinic explosions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IT SOUNDED LIKE A CANNON | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

...WHERE ARE YOU? Smart highway systems such as automated toll-collection devices hold the promise of smoothing out traffic jams, eliminating toll booths and cutting costs. But the same equipment that permits the automatic billing of a passing car can be used to register a motorist's whereabouts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Mar. 3, 1997 | 3/3/1997 | See Source »

...boasting, however, Madalyn's darker traits--and his own--were taking an increasing toll. They did not restrict their belligerence to the political sphere. "The Murray-O'Hairs," says a movement observer, "were factories of rancor." Almost from its inception, American Atheists spawned splinter groups, usually led by people Madalyn had wooed, employed and finally alienated, often viciously and profanely. "She went through people like popcorn," says Anne Gaylor, who in 1978 became head of the Freedom from Religion Foundation, based in Madison, Wisconsin. "People realized, 'We can do this on our own,'" says Kerns. Madalyn, without irony, told offenders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WHERE'S MADALYN? | 2/10/1997 | See Source »

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