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Weisman is waiting for the primary dust to settle.
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Our tax dollars are already going to one in Iraq, Weisman says.
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Will privacy even exist in the future, and in what incarnation?
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There once was a time when were just another predator out there, Weisman says.
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Every species eventually goes extinct, Weisman says.
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Weisman says he was born Jewish, but went freelance later in life.
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More and more, every story becomes an environmental story, Weisman says.
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Alan Weisman thinks the current crisis started about a decade ago.
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The first book Weisman ever bought was Audubon’s Guide to the Eastern Bird.
I personally enjoy it immensely… but if someone found a way to create food in which everything contained was absorbed, no waste products were included, would you eat it?  Would […]
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We need to take a stand, Carter says, but not at the athlete’s expense.
We need to be supportive, not admonishing, Carter says.
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It’s too easy to peg someone just as a tree-planter and park-builder, Carter says.
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If it can work in the South Bronx, Carter says, it can work anywhere.
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Majora Carter leads by happy example.
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Going paperless was a huge help, Carter says.
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It takes as little as understanding there’s a different way to do things, Carter says.