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Endless debate also swirls around the question of how pterosaurs managed to become airborne. Some scientists think the beasts launched themselves from a running start, while others believe they were so clumsy on the ground that they would have had to drop from cliffs or trees to attain a flightlike glide. Lockley, for one, argues that pterosaurs had to be capable of birdlike takeoffs and landings if only because so many pterosaur footprints come from mudflats along the seashore. If they were incapable of flying off after landing in such areas, he says, they would have quickly died...
...society's thin-at-all-costs attitude has consumers spending tons of money on useless diet fads in order to attain an impossible body. It's not until readers get a few paragraphs into your article that they learn Redux has very serious possible side effects and is intended for patients whose lives are threatened by severe obesity. Readers need responsible coverage of the issues. MICHELE BARRY Arlington, Massachusetts Via E-mail...
Netanyahu's slogan of Peace with Security rings hollow. His actions have demonstrated that he lacks both the vision for peace and the will to attain it. --Ramy M. Tadros '97, President, Harvard/Radcliffe Society of Arab Students --Mohamad M. Al-Ississ '00, Member, Harvard/Radcliffe Society of Arab Students
Skocpol says such a goal will be difficult to attain...
...another outlet into which they can funnel their talents. It's always curious to notice the way in which mass media has transformed our cultural resources The advertising industry has done just that by providing ad designers with a broader public viewing base than artists or writers usually ever attain. David it's not, but in its own twisted way, advertising has re-formed the space for creativity in the public eye. The fact that our greatest cultural legacy is now funded by, and revolves around, marketing rather than, say, private or ecclesiastic patronage, says much about our nation...