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Almost all Americans would recognize Anchorage, because Anchorage is that part of any city where the city has burst its seams and extruded Colonel Sanders.

— John McPhee Coming into the Country (1976)

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In making war with nature, there was risk of loss in winning.

The Control of Nature (1989)

If by some fiat I had to restrict all this writing to one sentence, this is the one I would choose: The summit of Mt. Everest is marine limestone.

Basin and Range (1981)

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