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Below that point, : States deal for water <br />the river took on the reddish tinge that earned Farmers fear dry future <br />Web Cams <br />it the name Colorado, or red - colored. • River's headwaters <br />news as it <br />Editorials /Op -Ed <br />determined by politicians, not <br />happens <br />- Benson Cartoons <br />In a survey of the region published in 1916, geography <br />- Columnists <br />hydrologist E.C. LaRue said that because the ' Once- vibrant river delta is a <br />low priority <br />. Kerry es fast <br />ry urges <br />- Plugged In <br />Green drained a larger area than the Grand it <br />g • Tribes win new clout in <br />action on post -9/11 <br />Politics 2004 <br />should be considered the upper Colorado. Arizona <br />measures <br />- Presidential <br />Most hydrologists say that's correct. • Editorial: Irrational rationing <br />• Jackson allegedly <br />- The Primaries <br />Our river, our future <br />imprisoned bo <br />p y' <br />-Register to vote <br />Utah lawmakers tried to make it official in • Take off blinders or face a <br />family <br />Arizona Republic <br />1921 with a measure that would have parched, dusty future <br />• Lawyer mum on <br />- Print Edition <br />changed the name of the Green to the • Lack of cooperation will <br />conversations with <br />- Front Pages <br />Colorado, which would have put the start of leave us high, dry <br />husband of missing <br />Obituaries <br />the Colorado in Wyoming. 0 Scenes along the Colorado <br />jogger <br />•Tribulations <br />E -mail Newsletters <br />River <br />• Special report: Next West: <br />continue for <br />Space.com <br />But the bill failed and Utah never got a 'Phenomenal growth' creating <br />troubled transformer <br />Special Reports <br />chance to take its case to Congress. Instead, tough choices <br />• Post -9/11 visa <br />Border issues <br />Colorado Rep. Edward Taylor, who had <br />checks sap colleges <br />Famous in AZ <br />campaigned for years to rename the Grand, <br />• Iraq will hold <br />AP en Espanol <br />decided enough was enough. <br />national conference <br />- Estados Unidos <br />- Politica <br />The Colorado River, he said, should begin in Colorado. The Colorado <br />beginning July 31 <br />• Turkey on alert <br />- Latinoamerica <br />Legislature passed just such a bill. According to historians at the Colorado <br />after report of <br />possible 9/11 -style <br />- Internacional <br />River Water Conservation District, supporters rallied to persuade Congress <br />attack <br />and President Harding to back the proposal, and on July 25, 1921, the <br />•About 200 <br />Grand River became the Colorado River. <br />defecting N. <br />All <br />Koreans arrives in <br />In his widely praised book about the river, author Philip Fradkin called the <br />S. Korea <br />maneuvering "an exercise in the chamber -of- commerce mentality." 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