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...donor dependency, the collaboration between local preservation groups and NGOs pays off. One Vietnamese specialist whom Rawson trained has helped record the country's largest single group of grey-shanked douc langurs, a gorgeous monkey with an orange face and white beard that lives in the highlands of central Vietnam. Some organizations have even hired primate hunters, whose keen tracking skills make them useful for surveying elusive populations. "It's a matter of engaging the local people so they have some input," says Rawson. "Making sure they get some benefit from it as well...
...compromise stipulates that recipients will no longer be permitted to use grants to purchase alcohol, but the money may now instead cover the costs of other party-related expenses. The funding of alcohol--and potentially underage drinking--was one of the central concerns that led Pilbeam to attempt to terminate the program initially...
...produce the iron in your blood [and] in the core of the Earth,” Kirshner said. “We personally are made out of stardust,” he added. Supernova expert Alexei V. Filippenko, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley who played a central role in discovering that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, said he was intrigued by the team’s findings. “Spectroscopically, it was certainly a very interesting supernova that deserves to be followed up,” he said...
...multifaceted way, to employ the approach of liberal arts, and to absorb and apply new knowledge over the course of a lifetime is an essential part of being an intelligent and worthwhile person. If Harvard, an apex of higher learning, does not hold the pursuit of intellectualism as a central value, then can any other place be expected...
...haunting story about a wife-to-be who leaves her fiancée at the altar and escapes with her ex-lover. A bitter and violent rivalry ensues between the two families. Lorca’s obsessions with murder, death, and the role of women in society are central themes in the play. The Agassiz production began weakly with a confusing blend of discordant singing, incomprehensible dialogue, and insecure acting. By the second half, however, the actors became a lot more comfortable on stage (and thankfully sang very little), paving the way for solid performances and a captivating if morbid...