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...grass-roots campaign to save ranches from the bulldozers. The Gunnison Legacy Project, as the effort is known, is the brainchild of Susan Lohr, a soft-spoken ornithologist from California, and Bill Trampe, a lean, crusty rancher whose family has been in the valley for three generations. The bird watcher and the cowboy, as Lohr and Trampe are sometimes called, hope to save 3,000 acres of ranchland in the next year--including half of Duane and Donna Phelps' place--and as many as 20,000 more acres by the year...
What's astonishing is that the bird watcher and the cowboy ever began having this conversation. The Old West of ranchers, miners and loggers has been so alienated from the New West of environmentalists, recreationists and urban refugees that bridges between the camps usually get washed out. A culture clash still divides the rock-ribbed citizens of Gunnison, a sleepy city of 5,000 on Highway 50, and the flamboyant ex-hippies and ski bums of Crested Butte, the pastel Victorian resort town 26 miles to the north...
...biology watcher for many years and a professional in pain management, I'd like to sound a note of caution regarding the dopamine hypothesis of addiction. What is known about the relationship among dopamine, brain content and addictive behavior is associative, not causal. Even those of us who are advocates of greater understanding of neurotransmitter mechanisms in human behavior do not see the situation as "simpler than anyone has dared imagine." As our attempts at interdiction and control demonstrate, there is a flaw in advocating simple solutions to complex problems: the solutions are usually wrong. PHILIP C. CORY, M.D. President...
Commercials are a fact of life for every television watcher. Usually taken for granted as a time to run to the refrigerator or dash off to the bathroom without missing a precious minute of the game or the show, commercials have generally been regarded as a necessary annoyance. Still, these inevitable breaks in television programming undeniably reflect the culture of the times and, for some, are even held up as art. Selecting from more than 4,210 commercials from 16 countries, the Cannes International Film Festival in 1996 recognized 98 ads as being the world's best. Together, they form...
...discussed in great depth the technical aspects of a tornado, but you barely touched on the emotional impact that a twister can cause. I was an avid lightning and storm watcher before a building I was in was hit by a small tornado. Although I escaped without any physical injury, I doubt I'll ever again enjoy a lightning display without wondering if there is a tornado with my name on it lurking in the storm. I wonder if Sheriff Donnie Joe Yancey, who played tug-of-war with a tornado in Arkansas, feels the same way. DAN STEWART Ashburn...