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...last specimen, decided to burn it in a bonfire. They set the feathers ablaze on Jan. 8, 1775, according to Pinto-Correia’s book. Lore has it that one curator wrested a head and leg from the flames, Berry said.Those remains now reside in a gray box at the Oxford Museum of Natural History, according to Berry, who takes a group of Harvard student to the museum each year.But the fire did not destroy demand for the dodo. Decades later, in the Victorian era, the “Cabinet of Curiosity” craze reached a feverish intensity...
Despite how many dead animals we pile onto our plates, we don't spend much eating time thinking about our own death. Sure, there's the rare sparring with fugu or fishing through a box of Sno-Caps at those Left Behind movies, but death-row inmates aside, most of us don't think much about our last meal...
...says nearly all requests are for comfort food: 80% are for cheeseburgers, steak or fried chicken. "You go back to something that made you feel good at one time," says Randleman. "It always makes my day when someone picks candy. An assorted bag of Jolly Ranchers or a box of Whoppers. It's straight back to youth." For his own last meal, Randleman, who has thought about this a lot, would take a cupcake...
...conservatives have been threatening to back a third-party candidate for President next year if Rudy Giuliani wins the GOP nomination. Yet the sometimes-liberal former New York City mayor continues to run at or near the top of polls of Republican voters. When do parties reach outside the box for candidates? Do they define the people they nominate--or can a candidate change his party...
...could have had a better game.” Harvard started off strong and was the first on the scoreboard. In the twenty-second minute Giammanco headed to himself at midfield and carried the ball up the left side. Giammanco then crossed the ball to the middle of the box where sophomore Andre’ Akpan beat sophomore Crusaders goalie Thomas Booth and touched the ball into the back of the net. The goal also extended Akpan’s scoring streak to nine straight games. The Crimson held the lead until the forty-third minute of the first half...