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...Chalk another one up to mankind's micromanagement of nature. Recklessly arrogant and myopic, Alaska's decision is rooted in special-interest economics, not biology. It's all the more distressing for what it tells us about ourselves as a species and our estrangement from nature. Alaska's folly is the product of a theme-park mentality in which nature exists for our amusement, to be enhanced by adding one species and subtracting another. An indiscriminate assault will kill off pack leaders, leaving wolves in hierarchical disarray, and harm eagles, foxes and wolverines, which dine upon the carcasses wolves leave...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World Is Not A Theme Park | 12/28/1992 | See Source »

Still, there is an irresistible urge to detect a master plan amid the riddled texture of transition. Chalk it up to Clinton's honeymoon period, that halcyon interlude when disorder masquerades under the name of guile. But as long as there is no punishment for the natural human urge to share a secret by leaking, the Clinton selection process will continue to provide a new twist to the concept of open government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Worst-Kept Secrets | 12/21/1992 | See Source »

...Green used a balanced attack to chalk up the win, as senior Tri-Captains John Conley and Alex Gayer each scored 19. With the win, Dartmouth improved to 2-1 overall (1-0 Ivy), while Harvard fell...

Author: By Peter K. Han, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: Big Green Builds Big Lead, Never Looks Back | 12/16/1992 | See Source »

...going to chalk it up to another foolishprank," he said. "I've been here 40 years and if Ihad to worry about every little thing I've seen;guys running through here naked, guys threateningto shoot if I didn't open the door...

Author: By John Tessitore, CONTRIBUTING REPORTER | Title: Tommy's Evacuated After Bomb Threats | 11/20/1992 | See Source »

...gems found in pink, green, blue and orange flourescent chalk on the walls of the author's room...

Author: By Michael E. Balagur, | Title: Endpaper | 11/19/1992 | See Source »

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