41.  A person can last for several days without food at sea, but without clean water to drink, death is a virtual certainty within several days.

42.  A trip to a source of clean water is a daily chore.

43.  A strong stand for more parks and clean water would boost support along the West Coast and among urban residents for whom federal land means recreation and unspoiled beauty.

44.  Action ordered at the Massachusetts Military Reservation, some environmental advocates and officials say, points to a peacetime shift toward emphasis on clean water over guns.

45.  Afghanistan had little food, little clean water, no reliable electrical grid, communications systems or health-care capabilities.

46.  After all, no one favors the persecution of Christians, in the same way that no one opposes clean water or supports nuclear warfare.

47.  Aid officials fear a calamity from epidemics and famine if medicine, clean water and nourishment do not reach them soon.

48.  Alexander outlined an environmental plan, saying he supported upgrades for national parks, more clean water grants and renewed commitments to strong national standards of air and water.

49.  Along the Wasatch Range in Utah, for example, Mormon pioneers knew that clean water could be found wherever frogs existed.

50.  But clean water is in short supply in both regions, and epidemics are certain to ravage the ragged columns of fleeing people.