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Word: tomono (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1973-1973
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...been given over to cities and needed farms; by necessity, many greens have been put on hillsides, where they result in the destruction of forests, blocked streams and erosion. "There's something definitely abnormal about this, a bit of sheer outlandishness," says Chiba prefecture's governor, Taketo Tomono, an occasional golfer. To discourage the building of more courses, Tomono's government has stipulated that they must meet severe-perhaps impossible -ecological standards. "It will be tough indeed," he boasts, "for a new course to open up in our prefecture." Following Tomono's lead, at least...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN, INDIA: Golf Pollution | 8/27/1973 | See Source »

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