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Word: diane (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...starters, take a charismatic scientist in west Africa, someone whose fictional career parallels Jane Goodall's or Dian Fossey's. Eugene Mallabar began by making scrupulous and original studies of chimpanzees during the 1950s and became a celebrity when his first best seller, The Peaceful Primate, was published. Documentaries, TV shows, citations and honorary degrees -- even a national park -- all followed, and Mallabar grew rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Monkeys in A Jungle | 6/24/1991 | See Source »

...DARK ROMANCE OF DIAN FOSSEY by Harold T.P. Hayes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Natural Selection | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

...dominant male in the field of human- fossil studies, believed that women made better primate researchers than men. His Exhibit A was Jane Goodall, whose work on chimpanzees in Tanzania has been justly celebrated. Exhibit B also achieved acclaim but, on balance, muted the generalization. In 1966 Leakey sent Dian Fossey to the Congo slope of the Virunga volcanic forest to study the habits of the mountain gorilla. Fossey convinced the eminent prehistorian of her resolve with only a few free-lance articles she had written for the Louisville Courier-Journal. Her previous job was as an occupational therapist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Natural Selection | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

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