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...those living far from Surat, however, bubonic plague connotes history rather than reality. Most have heard of the Black Death which afflicted Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries. Public health officials thought the final epidemic hit in the late '60s. In fact, a prominent biologist stated with pride in 1975, "During the last 150 years the Western world has virtually eliminated death due to infectious disease...
...dubious honor for the last remaining superpower, but the U.S. can now claim to be the bargain basement of the world. Signs of this distinction are everywhere this summer -- atop the Empire State Building, for instance, where Klaus Graumann, 27, a molecular biologist from Austria, is snapping pictures with his just acquired Olympus camera, wearing jeans, a polo shirt and running shoes also bought during his visit. "We say, 'O.K., we've seen the museums. Let's get a sandwich and go to the department store,' " notes Graumann...
...part of the charm offensive, Zhirinovsky brought along his attractive, dark-haired wife Galina, a biologist, and their 23-year-old son Igor, in lieu of the two senior aides who had been invited. "He's complicated, but he's predictable," Galina said with a laugh. Zhirinovsky barely touched the vodka and wine that were proffered. And when loud music from a French fashion show in an adjacent ballroom threatened to drown him out, he raised his voice without missing a beat...
Evidence of a third new mammal comes from the work of Vietnamese biologist Nguyen Ngoc Chinh, who went to Pu Mat, north of Vu Quang, to look for the Vu Quang ox. He returned with the skull of an animal the local hunters call quang khem, or slow-running deer, and scientists have taken to calling Chinh's deer. It is too early to say whether this is also a new species, but Arctander has so far been unable to match its DNA with that of known varieties of deer...
...situation on the Laotian side is somewhat better. Laos is sparsely populated, but animals large and small are relentlessly hunted by both Hmong tribesmen and Vietnamese poachers who freely cross the border. Wildlife Conservation Society biologist George Schaller has noted that all villagers over the age of 13 seem to have guns, ranging from muzzle loaders to automatic weapons left behind during the war. Alan Rabinowitz, the organizer of the WCS team, says that the area still has remarkable diversity but that all species have been radically reduced by hunting. Laotian trees are also under threat, as deforested neighboring countries...