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...been watching me from his balcony for several minutes. He was curious, perhaps even a little worried. Finally, he came to his door and shouted, "What do you want?" I smiled apologetically. "I'm looking for my home," I said. "I think you're living...
Bears, however, are a different story. Many experts believe they don't belong in zoos at all. They're too curious and exploratory to be satisfied by an artificial environment. But it's not clear what you do with a bear that's already in captivity. Animal-rights activists have long complained about the highly ritualized, seemingly neurotic behavior of Gus, the polar bear in New York City's Central Park Zoo. "Though Gus is perfectly healthy, people tell us to send him back," says Alison Powers, communications director of the Wildlife Conservation Society, Central Park's parent institution...
...very little in the new book about the President. In your columns recently, you've joked (fantasized?) about the possibility he would be impeached and replaced by Vice President Cheney. I assume you're not serious, but I'm curious whether you think the President's poor standing among conservatives could help the Democrats win the House in the fall, due to right-wingers staying home...
...seem unnerved if I explain that I went “missing” for a while because my phone was dead. From what precisely I was missing is unclear; I was enjoying myself by myself. Yet it was but decades ago that it wasn’t considered curious behavior to want to be alone. There was no opportunity to be instantly available, so alone-time was inevitable. But it seems that now we under-appreciate the virtue of taking time for ourselves. We no longer get away without a look of concern if we aren?...
...1995.Along with his service at Harvard, Stone has served as a consultant to a wide range of clients, including the U.S. State Department and the National Cancer Institute.‘A REMARKABLE RESPECT’Dannielle Kennedy, a close personal friend, describes Stone as “intensely curious,” adding that he harbored an “older style intellectual tradition” that led him to pursue and learn about everything that piqued his interest.“To sit down to talk to him was a magnificent experience. He knew a little...