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341. Feature

     END OF THE LINE

     Alan Prendergast

     Published: July 12, 1995

     part 2 of 2 Oscar Lopez Rivera arrived at ADX in January. He says his first two months there were the hardest time he's ever done. At first he was aware of only three other...

342. Feature

     END OF THE LINE

     IN THE NEW ALCATRAZ, PRISONERS DO THE HARDEST TIME OF ALL.

     Alan Prendergast

     Published: July 12, 1995

     part 1 of 2 Raymond Luc Levasseur arrived at his new Colorado home in February. Shackled and under heavy guard, accompanied by one other prisoner, he stepped off a government...

343. Feature

     STRAIGHT TIME

     Alan Prendergast

     Published: September 7, 1994

     part 2 of 2 It's the noon hour at a nearby restaurant, and Bob Sylvester is trying to nab a bite or two of his chicken sandwich while offering an ex-con's appraisal of Bruce...

344. Feature

     STRAIGHT TIME

     THE ODDS SAY THE MEN WHO LIVE HERE ARE GOING BACK TO PRISON. THEY SAY DIFFERENT.

     Alan Prendergast

     Published: September 7, 1994

     part 1 of 2 Are tattoos a problem? Maybe not for Drew Barrymore or some teenage goof scooping frozen yogurt down at the mall. But they haven't spent nine and a half years in...

345. Feature

     A MOUNTAIN OF TROUBLE

     FOR YEARS THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE TAYLOR RANCH PITTED THE LOCALS AGAINST A WEALTHY OUTSIDER. NOW THEY'RE FIGHTING THE STATE--AND EACH OTHER.THIS LAND IS MY LAND FOR SALE: 77,000 ACRES. COLORFUL HISTORY. EASY ACCESS TO LOCAL RANGE WAR. INQUIRE WITHIN.

     Alan Prendergast

     Published: July 6, 1994

     part 1 of 2 Maria Mondragon-Valdez paces back and forth before her kitchen window, cursing the helicopter outside. The copter glides over the humps of sagebrush behind her...

346. Feature

     A MOUNTAIN OF TROUBLE

     Alan Prendergast

     Published: July 6, 1994

     part 2 of 2 Sitting in his law office 36 floors above downtown Denver, Ken Salazar uncorks a speech he's aired frequently in the past few months. The Taylor Ranch, he says, is...

347. Feature

     THE SICK BILL

     A COMPARISON OF TWO HOSPITAL BILLS SHOWS HOW COST-SHIFTING CAN KNEECAP CUSTOMERS.

     Alan Prendergast

     Published: March 9, 1994

     "I reckon being ill is one of the great pleasures of life," Samuel Butler declared, "provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better." Yes, but Sam...

348. Feature

     THE END OF THE AFFAIR

     BOULDER'S BIGGEST TALK SHOW OUTLASTED MCCARTHY, THE SIXTIES AND ANGRY FEMINISTS. BUT CAN IT SURVIVE HOWARD HIGMAN?HOWARD'S END THE PARTY'S OVER FOR CU'S CONFERENCE ON WORLD AFFAIRS--AND ITS EMBATTLED FOUNDER.

     Alan Prendergast

     Published: January 26, 1994

     part 1 of 2 He enters the room slowly, gripping his gnarled cane and a colleague's arm for support. But don't be fooled. He may be 78, with bad knees in the bargain, but Howard...

349. Feature

     THE END OF THE AFFAIR

     Alan Prendergast

     Published: January 26, 1994

     part 2 of 2 For two of the past three years, the Conference on World Affairs has been the target of protests by a small group of women calling themselves, among other things,...