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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Across a parcel of scorched landscape, a pair of male ground squirrels are enacting an annual ritual. Chirping madly, the rivals dash at each other, tails raised, seeking to establish hegemony over the turf that will become a summer home for mate and offspring. The battle is fierce but short; the loser scuttles off into the sagebrush. The victor preens on hind legs, surveying a domain where shoots of bluebunch wheatgrass, Idaho fescue and larkspur have begun to sprout. It is springtime in the Rockies, and Yellowstone National Park is emerging from hibernation -- and recovering from the most troubled time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Springtime in The Rockies | 5/29/1989 | See Source »

Scientists say senationalism has had the unfortunate result in the past of lifting the public's hopes, only to dash them when they are proven untrue...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scientists Debate Press' Reporting | 4/20/1989 | See Source »

...competition, Harvard sophomore Derrick Horner won the sprinting events with a 100-meter time of 11.04 seconds, and finished the 200-meter dash in 22.12 seconds...

Author: By Christopher M. Thorne, | Title: Thinclads, Yale Claim Naughton Cup | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

...addition to freshmen talent, the Crimson men's squad also has excellent senior leadership in Co-Captains Donald Lavigne and Brian Cann. Lavigne specializes in the 400 meter dash, and Cann is the team's top distance runner...

Author: By Christopher M. Thorne, | Title: Freshmen Raise Thinclads' Hopes | 3/17/1989 | See Source »

Rainey, who excels in every event from the55-meter dash to the 800-meter run, qualified forthe NCAA indoor championships in the 400-meterdash and won the 800-meter event in the ECACchampionships with a time...

Author: By Christopher M. Thorne, | Title: Freshmen Raise Thinclads' Hopes | 3/17/1989 | See Source »

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