Looking for Atlantis
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The legendary lost continent and city of Atlantis, destroyed by flood and earthquake, may actually be South America and a city that sank into either an inland sea or Lake Poopo on the Bolivian altiplano. Plato's description of the city's site on a large rectangular plain fits the altiplano. The metals he attributes to the city, including a rare red alloy of copper and gold he possibly refers to, are found around Lake Poopo. Traces of the canal he described are apparent from satellite images. The altiplano also floods frequently, suffers earthquakes and was once the bottom of an inland sea.
Publication Name: Geographical Magazine
Subject: Petroleum, energy and mining industries
ISSN: 0016-741X
Year: 1997
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The outsider
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Yitzhak Mordechai spent 32 years in the Israeli Army, and is that country's former Minister of Defense. He is running for Prime Minister on the Center Party ticket. The Center Party's primary goal is to get rid of Benjamin Netanyahu and further the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. Mordechai is an Iraqi-born Kurd. He is the first candidate to rise from what is considered Israel's underclass, the Sephardic Jews.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
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ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 1999
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The rainforests' last stand
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Rainforests are homes not only to varied flora and fauna, but to thousands of indigenous tribal people as well. However, by 2050, almost 100% of tropical rainforests will be depleted. Industrial processes, consumption and wastefulness must be controlled to preserve rainforests.
Publication Name: Ad Astra
Subject: Astronomy
ISSN: 1041-102X
Year: 1992
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