Word: rainforests
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...everything from see the start of a coup to hike through the Rancho Grande rainforest in Venezuela; learn the lambada and other Carnival dances in Rio; party with Desmond Tutu, the mayor of Cape Town, South African students and several ANC representatives at the Bishopscourt (Tutu's residence) in Cape Town; witness and anti-Moi riot in Nairobi, Kenya; learn mantras at the Madurai Temple in India; visit biotechnology production plants, rubber plantations and the beach in Malaysia; visit the Hsin-Chu Science Park in Taiwan; tour Guangzhou (Canton) in Southern China with the mayor to several of Southern China...
Such acclaim breeds competition, and in the past year half a dozen non- Disney animated features were released (Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, An American Tail: Fievel Goes West, Cool World, Rock-a-Doodle, Bebe's Kids and Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland). Some of these had charm to spare; others were what industry analyst Art Murphy calls "spinach pictures -- family films that are good for you." Popeye eats spinach, kids don't; the six films together managed just over half the take of Beauty and the Beast. It all proves the difficulty of matching either Disney's financial commitment...
...began a series of amateurexplorations of the South American Surinam rainforest to do cultural studies among isolatedtribes of African back-ground...
...Rifkin hungers for a more decisive blow. This week he is leading a coalition of environmental, food-policy and animal-rights groups in launching a well-financed advertising campaign aimed at slashing worldwide beef consumption by 50% over the coming decade. Members of the coalition range from the Rainforest Action Network, which blames cattle for "killing the Amazon," % to the Fund for Animals, which criticizes the use of poisons and traps to control coyotes that prey on calves. The International Rivers Network blames cattle for wasting scarce water resources, while Food First denounces the feedlot system for wasting grain that...
Sally: We forgot to mention the first floor--a bunch of folks pondering their mid-life crises in a room that looks like the lounge in a slick hotel. Very beige, very soothing. Squat candles on white tablecloths, a rainforest-wood bar. A jazz/reggae/lounge band is playing "Red, Red Wine." No one seems to recognize the tune...