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...faut aller voir" (We must go and see) was the motto aboard legendary sea explorer Jacques Cousteau's boat Calypso. With his 1956 Oscar-winning underwater-adventure documentary The Silent World, Cousteau transported millions of viewers to the Indian Ocean islands of Assomption and Aldabra?one of the world's largest coral atolls. Today it's possible to go in person. The Island Sky is a small expedition ship that departs from Mauritius, taking 100 passengers on 12-day-long cruises on these turquoise waters. Wading ashore on Aldabra, home to the world's largest population of giant tortoises...
...faut aller voir" (We must go and see) was the motto aboard legendary sea explorer Jacques Cousteau's boat Calypso. With his 1956 Oscar-winning underwater-adventure documentary The Silent World, Cousteau transported millions of viewers to the Indian Ocean islands of Assomption and Aldabra - one of the world's largest coral atolls. Today it's possible to go in person. The Island Sky is a small expedition ship that departs from Mauritius, taking 100 passengers on 12-day-long cruises on these turquoise waters. Wading ashore Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore...
...think it's really ugly-at least they could paint it or something." Other passersby share these sentiments and express their puzzlement. "I don't know what it's a symbol of. It's all right looking. I haven't really noticed anything else," comments student Roberto Landivar. Christine Aller, a passing art major, comments that "Huru" is her favorite piece, though she doesn't necessarily like all the works that have been installed. Nevertheless, Aller holds that the artwork "makes the campus more attractive by adding to the gross stone and brick." The ever-quixotic Tucker insists that exposure...
...pret aller: (adj.) a French phrase meaning "ready to go." "Hold on, wait for me to get my fishnets and stilettos on and I'll be pret aller...
Today Greg Aller is once again in school, part time. He dropped out of the program shortly after his parents began their protests in early 1991; he continues to take Prolixin in tablet form, from a private psychiatrist. His GPA has fallen to 2.8; he feels he is strong enough only for part-time classes; he has symptoms of tardive dyskinesia. "I'm very angry about this whole thing," he says. But he asks with a smile, "Did you know I was born on Friday the 13th...