Word: closed
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Take a close look at the species on this page. It may be the last time you see them. Scientists have long warned that animals and plants are disappearing at an alarming rate. According to the IUCN Red List, a closely watched assessment of the health of the remaining species released by the World Conservation Union last week, the crisis may be even more acute than everybody feared. Of the 18,276 organisms investigated, 11,046--including 24% of mammals and 12% of birds--are threatened with extinction...
Meanwhile, squeezed by rising costs and low beef prices, the old ranching families have sold out one by one. If their land is attractive and reasonably close to a city, they can find buyers in these good times among rich middle-aged men like George W. Bush. They want a place in the country where they can hunt, fish, sit with their wife on the porch in the evening, and maybe run just enough cattle to qualify for an agricultural tax exemption. But the biggest reward is that being a ranch owner fulfills their belief that at heart they...
Cornell's inability to close the door may be partially due to its inexperience. The Big Red scoring attack features five freshmen...
...expect a battle," McCarthy said. "They're a better team than their record. All the games they've lost have been really close...
...This was probably not an election mover, as close as the race appears to be - though both presidential candidates should be thrilled with their seconds in the morning. They should be envious too, and a little embarrassed. The sole vice-presidential debate of the 2000 presidential election was a cleanser of the political palate for any voter who watched it. And if Al Gore really has irrevocably expanded the role of the vice president in governing America, that torch will be well carried no matter who is the victor in November...