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...deal with California's most urgent problem, its $8 billion deficit, Schwarzenegger is not saying much yet, except that, in the end, it's all about leadership. And leadership is one thing we know for sure has fascinated Schwarzenegger for years. His implacable ambition, from the world of bodybuilding to Hollywood, is the most legendary part of his legend. "Arnold has been interested in power and authority--political power, financial power--forever," says George Butler, a co-director of Pumping Iron, the 1977 documentary that made Arnold a star in the world beyond bodybuilding. "I was born...
Thinning also seems of dubious merit in many mixed-severity fire regimes, except as a protective measure around the perimeter of communities. Consider, for example, the Biscuit fire that hopped and skipped across 500,000 acres in southern Oregon's Siskiyou National Forest last year. Slightly more than 15% of this rugged, geologically complex region was so seriously burned that virtually all the trees died. Around 65%, however, experienced fires of light and moderate severity, while some 20% escaped unscathed. Seed from areas where vegetation survived is already drifting into areas where vegetation was lost, and many important species--knobcone...
...wearing a necklace? What the hell is going on around here?” Then the meeting went on without incident, except when Blair gave me a thumbs-up and surreptitiously waggled his tongue at me. Kaplan was only mildly amused...
...mention college tuition for their two teenage children--is supposed to come from Boyle's United Airlines pension. But that potential income is in jeopardy as his former employer tries to reorganize in bankruptcy court. "I watch," says Boyle, 45, "but there's nothing you can do"--except worry...
...MOVIE Days of Thunder. Horrible: it's like a car crash, except you can look away...