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...polar bears around Churchill, especially in fall. By the time the ice freezes on Hudson Bay, as many as 200 may have passed through what local residents call the Polar Bear Capital of the World. The onetime fur-trading center happens to sit astride one of the animals' age-old migratory routes...
...feeding of finicky felines, an age-old agony for owners, has its own sophisticated new hardware. A gravity feeder-available with cute cat graphics-supplies fresh vittles for a feline left alone for a weekend. There is a timed feeder that mechanically portions out the chow. An enclosed bowl called Step 'n Dine encourages precocious felines to step on a pedal to get at the kibble. For cats who accompany their owners, there are carrying cases that cost as much as $420 for Louis Vuitton versions, and for $33.98, a caring cat owner may invest in a tiny, burglar...
...winter-time chill begins to grip New England--and Harvard's age-old buildings--University officials say they see no major problems with the College's heating systems. Newly installed control valves in steam-heated dorms are expected by Harvard administrators to end chronically sharp differences in temperatures from room to room...
...ADDITION to his considerable talents as a budget-cutter, David Stockman seems to have a gift for metaphor as well. By calling Ronald Reagan's supply-side economics program a "Trojan Horse" for the age-old trickle-down theory, he neatly captured its essential dishonesty and unworkability. But since Stockman also happened to be one of the chief purveyors of that program, the metaphor, however elegant, was bound to land him in a heap of trouble. Trouble came last week, in the form of a firm scolding by the president: the 34-year-old director of OMB barely escaped with...
...Crimson now carries a 4-0 record this season, and with three losses and a tie at Soldiers Field, has certainly put a damper on the age-old theory of home-field advantage. It seems like everybody else had tried their hardest to make Harvard feel right at home, but none did it with quite the style of the College of William and Mary...