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...only on the left hind leg of a water beetle. Most fungi reproduce by the sexual union of two different spores, sometimes drop hundreds 'of millions of spores in three or four days. Most of them are important biochemical brokers; some are essential to the cycle of organic decay and regeneration. Without fungi, higher forms of life could not exist...
Sert also hopes that the School of Design will be able to play a greater role in civic affairs. "We are in revolt against the disorder, decay, and dullness of our cities and the systematic destruction of the beauties of nature; we recent the lack of understanding about the role of our professions in the mind of the public at large," he recently wrote...
...even in the midst of decay the seeds of rebirth took root. As early as 1744 the fierce Wahhabi movement began preaching the need for a strict return to Islamic practice, and its doctrine slowly spread through the lands of the faith. Sharply countering Moslem fatalism, the 19th century philosopher Al Afghani preached ijtihad (self-exertion), urging Islam to adapt to the currents of change in the modern world. India's Ahmadiyya movement helped revive Islam's long-dormant lust for converts. Twentieth century nationalism gradually brought independence, and a new spirit of confidence, to Islamic countries...
...Roots of Decay. In The Ambassador, West has all but abandoned the hypothetical. Once again his hero is the middle-aged man of intelligence and high attainment who is facing his psychological climacteric. Maxwell Gordon Amberley is a career Foreign Service officer and Old Far Eastern hand. While he was serving in Japan, his wife died and he became a convert to Zen Buddhism: such are the personal roots of his spiritual crisis and subsequent breakdown. But the personal story of Amberley is far overshadowed by the public story of the American official, for as the action starts, Amberley...
...Today," says Dr. Salley, "98% of people get cavities. Where community water is fluoridated, the decay rate is cut by about 65%. If we could apply all we know to all the people, we could cut that rate to less than 20%. But there aren't enough dentists to apply all the knowledge we have." Baltimore is doing its bit by planning on bigger classes. "The first class, in 1840, had five students," said Dean Salley. "Soon we shall admit 128 each year...