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Chief Dan George sits as if he were astride one of the horses he once rode across the British Columbian mountains. His back is straight as the arrows with which he shot deer and bear. His face is a seamed reflection of prairie hardships, crowned by a flowing silver mane. He is 71, but his belly is still taut from a daily regimen of 15 pushups. When asked if he likes life in a place like New York, Dan George is apt to shake his head gently and reply, "No, it is not a good place to live. You have...
Mena's attitude toward soccer has helped him accept a back-up assignment. Accustomed to Columbian soccer, Mena concentrates on the small aspects of the game. He gets excited about trapping the ball well once, or making a pass that "drops dead at the other guy's foot...
UNITED STATES. Now threatened with extinction, to join the Eastern elk and passenger pigeon, are the American alligator, Southern bald eagle, Columbian white-tailed deer, Utah prairie dog and ivory-billed woodpecker, the largest woodpecker in the U.S. Even so, the mainland has a good record compared with Hawaii, which has destroyed more native plants and animals in the 192 years since Captain Cook's arrival than has all the rest of America in the same period. Hawaii's endangered wildlife -partly ravaged by the introduction of outside predators like mongooses and rats-includes all the fresh-water...
Interest in primitive art has greatly increased the demand for Pre-Columbian works by European and American collectors in recent years...
According to members of the law panel, legitimate sales, loans, and international exhibitions of Pre-Columbian art would decrease the foreign demand and discourage the prosperous illegal trade. In April the law panel will present its findings to a UNESCO conference on the situation of the international art market...