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...same time, Collor reversed a long-standing government policy that treated the Amazon basin principally as a source of wood products and a locale for development. He declared that he would work vigorously to stop the burning of the forest by ranchers and settlers, then appointed Brazil's foremost environmental activist, Jose Lutzenberger, to enforce the program. In an interview with TIME, Collor was unapologetic about the abrupt turnaround. "On questions of ecology, we have made a fundamental commitment to life," he said. "We have nothing to hide and nothing to explain...
...only for an instant. Then they are shooting skyward for 100 ft., only to dive abruptly again, down the second of 21 more hills. Frightening twists and turns dot the nearly one-mile course, and disaster seems inevitable as the train hurtles back and forth through its creaking wood supports. Finally, the sudden squeal of brakes in the station signals a merciful finish, and the stunned but happy passengers scramble...
...every bit of fright imaginable. Riders want it," explains coaster designer Ronald Toomer. Most of the new roller coasters are constructed with tubular steel, which lends itself to loops and corkscrew twists. But a number of coaster builders are putting modern tracks and cars within a traditional latticework of wood, which provides the sense of ricketiness, danger and nostalgia that riders love. In fact, roller coasters are safer than ever. Unlike old coasters, which speed out and back over often predictable sets of hills, today's rides careen through tight turns, 60 degrees plunges and dark tunnels, sometimes spinning riders...
...chills even bigger. "The new rides are faster, meaner and more unpredictable than the old; and the steel, looping coasters that spin riders up, over and sideways require a stronger stomach," he reports. "Fortunately for traditionalists like myself, who savor the symmetry as well as the eerie creak of wood, there are plenty of big, new wooden coasters springing...
...Kids show is (is it real, or is it lip-synched?), and quite a bit more about how slickly the New Kids have been packaged and sold. The financial phenomenon of the New Kids is part of the total experience. As performers, Knight and his brother Jonathan, 21, Wood, 21, Donnie Wahlberg, 20, and Joseph McIntyre, 17, are as sleek, nimble and nifty as a pair of Air Jordans. The audience, overwhelmingly white female, is invited to enjoy their moves and their music. But their stage show, which has charm and vitality, is an unabashed commercial celebration of making...