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Gloria Feldt, Planned Parenthood
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15 Sep 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Gloria Feldt is president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 15 Sep 1999 WASHINGTON, D.C. Arrived last night at Reagan National. I'm reminded of the words of Douglas Adams: "The phrase 'pretty as an airport' appears in no known language." No matter. Travel keeps you in touch with what people are thinking. Besides, I enjoy visiting D.C., where the future of reproductive health both here and abroa ... |
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Gloria Feldt, Planned Parenthood
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14 Sep 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Gloria Feldt is president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 14 Sep 1999 NEW YORK CITY Almost spilled my tea over the front page of this morning's USA Today. After 49 years, the Miss America Pageant has dropped its restrictions on contestants who are divorced or who may have had an abortion. At the risk of reading too much into this development (which itself will be a cottage industry before the day's out), I' ... |
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Gloria Feldt, Planned Parenthood
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13 Sep 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Gloria Feldt is president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 13 Sep 1999 NEW YORK CITY Monday started on Sunday. A call from Mel Carnahan, the governor of Missouri, encouraged me to help raise the last $75,000 needed to complete the media buy to support his veto of an abortion ban bill, which is scheduled for an override vote later this week. I immediately began placing calls. This kind of "above and b ... |
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Raul Alvarez, PODER and Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
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27 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Raul Alvarez is transportation coordinator for People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER), an environmental justice group based in East Austin, Texas. He is also environmental justice director for the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter in Texas. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 27 Aug 1999 AUSTIN, Texas I have signed up to go before the Austin City Council next week to speak about a recently proposed equity initiative. One m ... |
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Raul Alvarez, PODER and Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
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26 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Raul Alvarez is transportation coordinator for People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER), an environmental justice group based in East Austin, Texas. He is also environmental justice director for the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter in Texas. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 26 Aug 1999 AUSTIN, Texas Today I'm going to make some calls about the status of a case that went before the Austin Planning Commission last week. ... |
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Raul Alvarez, PODER and Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
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25 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Raul Alvarez is transportation coordinator for People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER), an environmental justice group based in East Austin, Texas. He is also environmental justice director for the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter in Texas. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 25 Aug 1999 AUSTIN, Texas Today I am meeting with Austin city staff to discuss funding for transportation projects. As part of my work for Sierra ... |
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Raul Alvarez, PODER and Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
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24 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Raul Alvarez is transportation coordinator for People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER), an environmental justice group based in East Austin, Texas. He is also environmental justice director for the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter in Texas. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 24 Aug 1999 AUSTIN, Texas The earthquake in Turkey has been a sobering reminder of the awesome and unpredictable power of nature. The totality of th ... |
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Raul Alvarez, PODER and Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter
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23 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Raul Alvarez is transportation coordinator for People Organized in Defense of Earth and her Resources (PODER), an environmental justice group based in East Austin, Texas. He is also environmental justice director for the Sierra Club Lone Star Chapter in Texas. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 23 Aug 1999 AUSTIN, Texas I am happy to report that I had a productive yet enjoyable and restful weekend. I was fortunate enough to see a performance ... |
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Suzanne Nelson, Native Seeds/SEARCH
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13 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Suzanne Nelson is director of conservation and seed bank curator at Native Seeds/SEARCH in Tucson, Ariz. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 13 Aug 1999 TUCSON, Ariz. Native Seeds/SEARCH was the focus of a feature article in a local newspaper yesterday. Though this one was nicely done, there's almost always something that's not quite right -- out of context or a slight variation on what was actually said. One gentleman came into the NS/S retail store yesterda ... |
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Suzanne Nelson, Native Seeds/SEARCH
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12 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Suzanne Nelson is director of conservation and seed bank curator at Native Seeds/SEARCH in Tucson, Ariz. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 12 Aug 1999 TUCSON, Ariz. As I open my desk drawer to grab a pen, something drops out onto the floor. It's slightly oval shaped and black. Suddenly legs appear and the black oval begins a methodical but slow-motion tango toward my chair. Plant person that I am, my feet immediately seek the bottom rung of my chair. I ... |
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Suzanne Nelson, Native Seeds/SEARCH
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11 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Suzanne Nelson is director of conservation and seed bank curator at Native Seeds/SEARCH in Tucson, Ariz. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 11 Aug 1999 TUCSON, Ariz. One of the first tasks I do every morning after getting to work is check the status of harvested crops in the seed house. In particular, I check for rotten fruit -- it's amazing how quickly a watermelon can become a watery mess of slime. This morning there was the slightest hint of "mat ... |
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Suzanne Nelson, Native Seeds/SEARCH
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10 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Suzanne Nelson is director of conservation and seed bank curator at Native Seeds/SEARCH in Tucson, Ariz. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 10 Aug 1999 TUCSON, Ariz. It rained last night -- a soft, steady rain -- and a good thing, too. I had just spent the better part of the day watering much of the grow-out garden at Sylvester House! Good thing I didn't wait for those dark, billowy monsoon clouds building to the south. What is it they say about rain and ... |
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Suzanne Nelson, Native Seeds/SEARCH
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09 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Suzanne Nelson is director of conservation and seed bank curator at Native Seeds/SEARCH in Tucson, Ariz. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 09 Aug 1999 TUCSON, Ariz. Monday, Monday, can't trust that day ... I never know exactly what's in store for me when I get into the office on Monday. I used to think it was a good day to consider the week ahead and plan for what needed to be accomplished. More and more, I find Mondays to be good days to put out fires, mo ... |
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Jamie Lennox, Alliance for the Wild Rockies
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06 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Jamie Lennox is membership coordinator for the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and a board member of the Wild Rockies Legislative Action Fund. He previously worked for the Missoula Independent, a weekly newspaper. He lives in Missoula, Mont. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 06 Aug 1999 MISSOULA, Mont. This week, we at the Alliance for the Wild Rockies have finished putting together the schedule of events for our Wild Rockies Rendezvous, and we're exci ... |
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Jamie Lennox, Alliance for the Wild Rockies
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05 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Jamie Lennox is membership coordinator for the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and a board member of the Wild Rockies Legislative Action Fund. He previously worked for the Missoula Independent, a weekly newspaper. He lives in Missoula, Mont. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 05 Aug 1999 MISSOULA, Mont. Roadlessness is next to godliness. "What is a roadless area?" one might question. Conservationists define it as 1,000 contiguous acres or ... |
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Jamie Lennox, Alliance for the Wild Rockies
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04 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Jamie Lennox is membership coordinator for the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and a board member of the Wild Rockies Legislative Action Fund. He previously worked for the Missoula Independent, a weekly newspaper. He lives in Missoula, Mont. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 04 Aug 1999 MISSOULA, Mont. On the cover of today's Missoulian newspaper is the headline, "Air War Getting Intense: Fighting Fires from the Sky." It's that time of yea ... |
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Jamie Lennox, Alliance for the Wild Rockies
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03 Aug 1999 |
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| Jamie Lennox is membership coordinator for the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and a board member of the Wild Rockies Legislative Action Fund. He previously worked for the Missoula Independent, a weekly newspaper. He lives in Missoula, Mont. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 03 Aug 1999 MISSOULA, Mont. Big Grizzly and Wolf Wilderness -- that's what my friend Dr. Charles Jonkel, an internationally known bear biologist, calls wildlands in the Northern R ... |
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Jamie Lennox, Alliance for the Wild Rockies
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02 Aug 1999 |
Dispatches |
| Jamie Lennox is membership coordinator for the Alliance for the Wild Rockies and a board member of the Wild Rockies Legislative Action Fund. He previously worked for the Missoula Independent, a weekly newspaper. He lives in Missoula, Mont. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 02 Aug 1999 MISSOULA, Mont. Today, I am pondering wilderness. I write and rewrite about my relationship with the wild. Questions arise. How can I convey the wilderness message with ... |
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James Corless, Surface Transportation Policy Project
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22 Jul 1999 |
Dispatches |
| James Corless is the northern California campaign manager for the Surface Transportation Policy Project. STPP works to promote better transportation and land-use planning, walkable communities, public transportation, and citizen involvement in decision-making. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 22 Jul 1999 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA I remember being shocked when I first started flying that the borders of the states prominently featured on every U ... |
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James Corless, Surface Transportation Policy Project
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21 Jul 1999 |
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| James Corless is the northern California campaign manager for the Surface Transportation Policy Project. STPP works to promote better transportation and land-use planning, walkable communities, public transportation, and citizen involvement in decision-making. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Wednesday, 21 Jul 1999 BAKERSFIELD, Calif. "People come to Bakersfield to work, in the oilfields and on the farms, because that's just about all there i ... |
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James Corless, Surface Transportation Policy Project
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20 Jul 1999 |
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| James Corless is the northern California campaign manager for the Surface Transportation Policy Project. STPP works to promote better transportation and land-use planning, walkable communities, public transportation, and citizen involvement in decision-making. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Tuesday, 20 Jul 1999 OWENS VALLEY, Calif. "In the East, to 'waste' water is to consume it needlessly or excessively. In the West, to waste water is not ... |
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James Corless, Surface Transportation Policy Project
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19 Jul 1999 |
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| James Corless is the northern California campaign manager for the Surface Transportation Policy Project. STPP works to promote better transportation and land-use planning, walkable communities, public transportation, and citizen involvement in decision-making. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Monday, 19 Jul 1999 LEE VINING, Calif. I arrived in town late in the afternoon, having nowhere to stay. A slew of motels lined the central street, but agains ... |
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James Corless, Surface Transportation Policy Project
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18 Jul 1999 |
Dispatches |
| James Corless is the northern California campaign manager for the Surface Transportation Policy Project. STPP works to promote better transportation and land-use planning, walkable communities, public transportation, and citizen involvement in decision-making. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Sunday, 18 Jul 1999 TRUCKEE, Calif. For countless immigrants, it's been reinvented time and again as the ultimate promised land. One writer calls it "Am ... |
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Melissa Kirkby, student at Sterling College
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16 Jul 1999 |
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| Melissa Kirkby is a senior at Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, Vt., majoring in sustainable agriculture. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Friday, 16 Jul 1999 Craftsbury Common, Vt. The Sterling van will depart at 8:00 this morning for an all-day rock climbing trip to New Hampshire. Today provides an opportunity for me to display the skills I have acquired in a "Bounder" course -- a semester-long class designed to promote group dynamics, out ... |
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Melissa Kirkby, student at Sterling College
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15 Jul 1999 |
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| Melissa Kirkby is a senior at Sterling College in Craftsbury Common, Vt., majoring in sustainable agriculture. Dispatch: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 Thursday, 15 Jul 1999 Craftsbury Common, Vt. I am amazed at the quiet beauty of Craftsbury Common. Founded in 1789 by Colonel Ebenezer Crafts, this picture-perfect New England town has a rich tradition of logging and farming. I am intrigued by the history of this village and have been gathering bits and pieces of lo ... |
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