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...then moved to the American Museum of Natural History in New York as a bird specialist, where he worked for two years to attain the permanent position of assistant curator...

Author: By Kris J. Thiessen, | Title: Mayr: Going Strong At 90 | 12/20/1994 | See Source »

...gotten to look at life from both sides: having money and not having money," Sal says. "People should be happy with what they have, you can reach for it all and never attain it, you'll be frustrated...

Author: By Curtis R. Chong, | Title: Square's Homeless Face New Challenges | 12/19/1994 | See Source »

After reading Kilson's letter, Clarke said in an interview yesterday, "Unfortunately, Professor Kilson and members of the community only attain a limited view of BSA activities [because of the slant of reporting in The Harvard Crimson...

Author: By Flora Tartakovsky, | Title: Kilson Criticizes BSA In Open Letter to Class | 12/15/1994 | See Source »

...this consensus on the problem's social causes that enables those who study it to attain a sympathy for potential Smiths and Ziles that may elude other Americans. For every infant murdered, they say, there is another saved by the intervention of community health professionals and protective-services workers. Says Cornell: "The major message from this is to try to appreciate how important it is to educate people and help them to become better parents." Barnard remembers meeting with a woman in Colorado who had killed her infant child. "She had substance-abuse and mental-illness problems. Her husband...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Parents Who Kill | 11/14/1994 | See Source »

Iraq said today it had dropped itsterritorial claim on Kuwait, which Baghdad has considered its 19th province since the days of the Ottoman Empire. (The British split the two countries in 1961, to Iraq's annoyance.) But the announcement didn't reassure Kuwaitis or attain Iraq's probable goal -- U.S. efforts to lift the crippling, three-year U.N. embargo. White House press secretary Dee Dee Myers called the news "positive" but warned that the U.S. would not help Iraq unless it backs up this announcement by also dismantling itsweapons program, releasing political prisoners and returning property seized from Kuwait.Post your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IRAQ . . . SADDAM FINDS KUWAIT GRAPES SOUR | 11/10/1994 | See Source »

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