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DEBT-FOR-NATURE SWAPS Most countries with surviving wilderness also happen to be relatively poor and indebted to the developed world. In 1984 Thomas Lovejoy, then with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), had the idea of converting vice to virtue by buying off or forgiving debt if developing countries gave protected status to some valuable wild area. Conservation International implemented the first debt-for-nature swap in Bolivia's Beni Biosphere Reserve in 1987. The U.S. Congress gave the strategy a boost in 1998 with the Tropical Rainforest Conservation Act, which authorized the President to reduce some countries' debt...
...much. All-Star center Shaquille O'Neal led the Los Angeles Lakers to their third straight NBA title in a four-game sweep of the New Jersey Nets, winning his third consecutive Finals MVP. Can anybody stop Shaq? Noted "We pave the way for foreign policy now. Send the WWF in first and then you'll have a country that's happy and entertained." JESSE VENTURA, Minnesota Governor and former professional wrestler, while on a trip to Beijing and Shanghai...
...ballyhoo shrouding this fight not only puts the WWF to shame, it represents the potential coming of age for this southern city. Made famous by Elvis and Graceland, and infamous for the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Memphis has been on something of a roll, sports-wise, scoring the Grizzlies basketball team last year and welcoming new resident Jerry West, the ex-LA Lakers player and NBA legend who is team president for the transplanted Memphis franchise. Downtown, a course of major urban renovation will soon spawn yet another major sports arena, which will sit next...
...this corner... The buff Laurer is the former Chyna of the former WWF (now WWE). Oh, it's so so hard to keep...
...guard. He admits that only six years ago he'd sunk to a low point. His attempt to make it in the NFL had fizzled and he was living on a "p___-stained mattress" in Alberta, Canada. He says that even now he has few real friends on the WWF circuit. "I like doing things by myself," he tells me. He speaks sincerely of his commitment to learning the acting craft. He reminisces tenderly about the birth of his daughter, whom he describes as being "wrapped up like a burrito." He confesses to me that he suffers from a chronic...