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...AFRICAN ARK by Carol Beckwith and Angela Fisher (Abrams; $65). Ethiopia has suffered greatly in this century, but famine and political upheaval have never dimmed its natural wonders and social vibrance. Two photographers have brilliantly captured the essence of the leopard-colored land, as well as the haunting rites of people who still rock the cradle of mankind...
Imagine revising Genesis. In the new version Noah stands on the gangplank to the ark, reviewing the species of the world pair by pair, deciding on a purely economic basis which creatures to save and which to consign to the deepening waters. He turns away the pests, the serpents and other species he deems useless to man or too costly to take along. If such a vision strains the imagination, consider the call by some Bush Administration officials to amend the Endangered Species Act. Their aim is to expand greatly the powers of a committee of political appointees that already...
...Ark of the Covenant...
...Everett), speaker of the state House of Representatives, wound his way through a crowd of supporters to the podium at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Cambridge last week to announce his bid for treasurer, an elaborate speaker system belted out the title theme to Raiders of the Lost Ark...
That must be it. There's no need to panic--there's just something about a building that looks like an upsidedown Noah's Ark. Isn't there...