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...close. In Costa Rica, he says, "most of the pastureland that was easily cleared of forest has already been cleared." At the same time, the remaining forest has begun to rise in value. "Two decades ago," explains Janzen, "the choice was simple. Either the forest stood there, or someone tore it down to plant a crop." Now leaders of countries like Costa Rica are beginning to view forests as valuable assets that can help control erosion, protect watersheds and generate income from New Age industries like biotechnology and ecotourism...
...Terriers, using its home field advantage to the fullest, tore right into Harvard, scoring four times in the first inning...
Harvard travels to New Jersey on Sunday to take on the lowly Scarlet Knights. Last year, the Crimson tore apart Rutgers...
Side by side, they survived hardships that tore apart nations...
...struck -- deliberately, she claims -- by a driver behind the wheel of a Trabant, the flimsiest vehicle on four wheels. "If it had been a real car, I wouldn't be here," she can now joke. But even Trabants are tougher than bikes, and Boerner broke an ankle and tore ligaments in her knee, which sent her to a hospital for months...