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ANDREAS PAPANDREOU Prime Minister of Greece Wilderness years: 1989 to last week Reasons for losing office: Banking scandals; marital scandal involving a stewardess
BENAZIR BHUTTO Prime Minister of Pakistan Wilderness years: 1990 to earlier this month Reasons for losing office: Dismissed by President in power play; charges of corruption
NORODOM SIHANOUK King of Cambodia Wilderness years: 1970 to last month Reason for losing office: Overthrown in a right-wing coup by forces friendly to the U.S.
The names are narcotic: Skagway, Unalakleet, the Hazy Islands, Turnagain Arm. Saying ''Talkeetna'' aloud clears a city man's mind of lint. Whispering ''Aniakchak'' cures nervous debility. Think ''Last month, off Ketchikan'' while futilized in a traffic jam on the San Diego Freeway, and all the other cars disappear. Zap...
But increased public awareness can be a mixed blessing. In his book Disappearing World: 101 of the Earth's Most Extraordinary and Endangered Places , heritage consultant Alonzo Addison lists unsustainable tourism as one of the key threats to the world's cultural and natural wonders. And there is no doubt...