Word: waterers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...million residents of Los Angeles draw 40% of their fresh water from Crowley Lake, 300 miles north of the city, and its connected waterways. Since early September, 300 white pelicans have been found dead in or near the lake. That combination of facts has alarmed Angelenos, especially since no one is sure what killed the birds...
...examination of the carcasses has turned up no unusual concentrations of toxic substances in the pelicans. One wild theory is that fishermen may have poisoned the birds so that fewer of the lake's trout will be eaten by them. Wildlife biologists scoff at such speculation, and city water officials insist that there is nothing in the water to harm humans. But until the Great White Pelican Mystery is solved, worry and rumor, unlike the birds, seem certain to thrive...
...When I landed in my pink space ball, the sunset lighted up tall nonnatural structures that resembled the state housing collectives back home. I've gone through your papers and read all about the two-headed Abominable Snowmen and the psychic cures for arthritis -- Oh, the secret balsam-water diet that lets you lose 40 lbs. in two days and prevents tooth decay? Leonid wants me to bring the details back...
Another superstar is Alan Chumak, psychic-in-residence of 120 Minutes, the Soviet equivalent of the Today show. Chumak can transmit his curative powers to heal the sick not only through live TV but even on videotape. Viewers can place glasses of water or jars of cold cream next to their sets to absorb his telepathic healing charges. Chumak has promised to solve the country's chronic food problems by energizing seeds, compelling them to produce larger crops. When Chumak was yanked off the air by skeptical superiors, a popular outcry brought him back. A Siberian fan in Bratsk wrote...
...Mahaweli Dams in Sri Lanka -- a multibillion-dollar construction typical of AID's past tendency to define development in terms of steel and concrete. The project has flooded forests and destroyed tea plantations. Washington's Environmental Policy Institute cites the dams as one of the 18 most destructive water projects on earth...