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Vice President Al Gore will pay tribute to his environmental mentor, the late Rachel Carson, by writing an introduction to a new edition of her "Silent Spring." Gore says he was strongly influenced by Carson's book in developing his own interest in environmental issues. His own book on the subject, "Earth in Balance," has been a paperback best-seller for 11 weeks and is No. 6 on the New York Times paperback nonfiction list this week.