One of the best books to help explain the growth
of the Olympics, as well as the positive and nega-
tive elements that are now associated with this
premier international event.
Podnieks, Andrew.The Great One: The Life and Times
of Wayne Gretzky. New York: Triumph Books, 1999.
A complete look at Gretzky and his impact on his
sport.
Rose, Pete, and Rick Hill.My Prison Without Bars.
New York: Rodale Books, 2004. Rose uses this
book to make one case: that, despite his legal
problems, he belongs in the Baseball Hall of
Fame.
Senn, Alfred Erich.Power, Politics, and the Olympic
Games. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics Books,
- The writing is sometimes difficult to follow,
but Senn nevertheless presents a well-researched
book about the outside forces that weigh on the
Olympic Games.
Anthony Moretti
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ball strike of 1981; Basketball; Bird, Larry; Boitano,
Brian; Boxing; Brett, George; Decker, Mary; Elway,
John; Football; Gibson, Kirk; Golf; Goodwill Games
of 1986; Gretzky, Wayne; Griffith-Joyner, Florence;
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Bo; Johnson, Magic; Lemieux, Mario; LeMond,
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Greg; McEnroe, John; Miracle on Ice; Montana, Joe;
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Jerry; Rose, Pete; Ryan, Nolan; SkyDome; Soccer;
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Spotted owl controversy
Definition Debate over logging in the habitat of
an arguably endangered species
The rarity of the spotted owl, a relative of the barred owl
adapted to old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest, led to
prohibitions on logging in federal forests lying within its
range.
Oregon and Washington are both the largest timber
producers in the United States and home to some of
the nation’s most tenacious environmental groups.
As a result, environmentalists fought timber and
mining companies for decades in the Pacific North-
west. Logging is a traditional livelihood, generating
thousands of jobs and hundreds of millions of dol-
lars in the area every year. By the same token, the rel-
atively unspoiled beauty of the region fuels a particu-
larly strong environmental movement. The National
Forest Service favored the timber industry in this
battle. Thus, in the 1980’s, logging increased until it
reached a rate at which old-growth forests would dis-
appear in ten to fifteen years if nothing was changed.
James G. Watt became secretary of the interior in
1981 and unapologetically promoted mining and
lumbering on federal lands, with little thought of
conservation. His tenure sparked a showdown be-
tween environmentalists and loggers. The forest ser-
vice announced a record cut of trees in nineteen na-
tional forests in Washington and Oregon, with one908 Spotted owl controversy The Eighties in America
The northern spotted owl.(U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services)