STANDING in a small, abandoned clearing alongside lonely Route 8 in southern Vermont, it's hard to fathom that it was once a bustling ski area called Dutch Hill.
The beginnings of today's protected areas were established in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries: Pennsylvania's state legislature authorized the acquisition of abandoned clear-cut land in 1897, creating the state forest system.
CSOs claim that the new safeguards framework "abandons clear definitions and strict adherence to ex-ante minimum procedural requirements in favor of unlimited discretion by Bank Management".
Pennsylvania's state legislature authorized the acquisition of abandoned and clear-cut land for Pennsylvania State Game Lands in 1919, and the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) acquired property along Plunketts Creek for State Game Lands Number 134 between 1937 and 1945.
The result has been that every one of Osborne's key economic targets was missed and had to be abandoned, including clearing the deficit and cutting debt as a share of GDP by this year.
Anyone who has suddenly come upon a book they used to love will know the joy I felt at that moment: I abandoned the clear-out to begin reading at once.
As abandoned, Utah cleared her berth.
"While this court recognizes and empathizes with the salutary purpose of this legislation -- to enhance the educational opportunity of children caught in the snare of substandard schools -- such a purpose does not grant this court the authority to abandon the clear mandate of the people as enunciated in the Constitution".
Stung by the rising violence that threatens to engulf the Middle East in chaos and impede the White House's goal of confronting Saddam Hussein, President Bush has been forced to abandon his clear stance in the presidential campaign, when he was against high-stakes diplomacy to forge a settlement in the region.
Mr. Perkins was putting abandoned clothing into clear plastic bags.
He can send supply trucks to fix flat tires, or tow trucks to clear abandoned cars.
