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...strict Calvinist. He was a child prodigy who soon became interested in the scientific study of nature. When, at age 10, his observations led to questions that could be answered only by access to the university library, Piaget wrote and published a short note on the sighting of an albino sparrow in the hope that this would influence the librarian to stop treating him like a child. It worked. Piaget was launched on a path that would lead to his doctorate in zoology and a lifelong conviction that the way to understand anything is to understand how it evolves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Child Psychologist Jean Piaget | 3/29/1999 | See Source »

Keep in mind that hunting and fishing in Massachusetts do not involve free-for-all, year-round massacres. To avoid accidentally eliminating the last member of an endangered albino coyote population or unknowingly hunting within a two-mile radius of a popular picnic area, it is helpful to consult the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife for season, permit, and species information. For those who seek the exhilaration of stalking beasts of horn and claw, the Big Game firearm license is $27.50 (unfortunately, out-of-state hunters have to shell out almost 100 smackeroos). Alongside the usual fare of black...

Author: By Eloise D. Austin, | Title: The Deer Hunter | 10/22/1998 | See Source »

...Sacred College, appeared at the Window of the Benediction in St. Peter's Basilica. His Latin words boomed out over loudspeakers: "Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum. Habemus Papam!" (I announce to you a great joy. We have a Pope!) "He is the Most Eminent and Most Reverend Lord Cardinal Albino Luciani, who has taken the name of John Paul the First...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 1973-1980 Limits | 3/9/1998 | See Source »

...because they both come at a movie script as if it's a play," says L.A. Confidential director Curtis Hanson. "They make the most out of their lines, while a lot of actors immediately try to change things." Spacey's earnest directorial debut this year, the box-office dud Albino Alligator, even seems like a filmed play since it takes place mostly in one room...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL | 9/15/1997 | See Source »

Harvard beat Colby both times the teams played each other last year, but this time the Albino Ones caught the Crimson looking ahead to the finals and upset Harvard...

Author: By Eric F. Brown, | Title: W. Icers Take 3rd In Match | 11/15/1994 | See Source »

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