Word: forested
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Interior's Bureau of Land Management, is a veteran of a land-hungry, anticonservationist movement collectively known as the Sagebrush Rebellion, which favors turning federally managed lands over to the states. Even John Crowell, Reagan's nominee as Assistant Secretary of Agriculture in charge of the U.S. Forest Service, used to be counsel to the Louisiana-Pacific Corp., one of the largest buyers of federal timberland in the country...
...Forest with exploration and drilling leases, are competing furiously for mineral rights throughout the region. Recently, the Hunt Energy Corp. of Dallas announced plans to spend $75 million for exploration work in the state as well. Meanwhile, Wall Street analysts are now beginning to keep an eye on the growth prospects of other and smaller oil and gas firms that are starting to position themselves in the region...
Snaporaz (Marcello Mastroianni), conservatively attractive--"fifty but still nifty," he claims humorously--and devoted to the pursuit of the Ideal Woman, chases a lushly likely prospect out of a train and into a deserted forest miles from civilization. Turns out, she is en route to a feminist convention--and thus begins the saga of Snaporaz, a hallucinogenic journey through an amusement park gone wrong...
...Biko fund is a palliative measure that diverts attention from the University's other dealings in South Africa, which are far larger in both monetary terms and real effects. Using a few Harvard scholarships to cure the South African problem is like trying to put out a forest fire with a squirt...
Across South Korea last week, hundreds of rallies were taking place. Amid a forest of banners whipping in the wind, a din of fervent speeches and shouted slogans engulfed civic centers, factory grounds and rural town squares. The rallies culminated in long queues before folding tables as hundreds of thousands of citizens signed a uniform oath: "We hereby solemnly pledge that we shall neither offer personal favor nor accept requests...