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...CROSS RIVER GORILLA HOME Nigeria, Cameroon POPULATION 150 to 200 --Found in the forested hills along the border between the two countries, it was recognized as a subspecies distinct from other West African gorillas only last year...
...GRAY-SHANKED DOUC LANGUR HOME Vietnam POPULATION fewer than 1000 --Once considered just a variant of its black- and red-shanked cousins, it is thought to be distinct and critically endangered...
...there are some American collectors--just a few--whose memory lives on in a distinct aura of sweetness and reason, and at the top of that list is Duncan Phillips (1886-1966). Phillips was the kind of man who gives Wasps a good name: modest, highly educated, public spirited and devoid of affectation. The Phillipses, though not as rich as the Carnegies, had made their fortune in Pittsburgh, Pa., in banking and steel, then moved to Washington. After graduating from Yale, young Duncan set himself the task of becoming an "interpreter and navigator" between the art world and the public...
Perhaps the principal at Columbine was naive in believing that everything at his school was running smoothly. The reports about how some Columbine students flicked catsup packets or tossed bottles at these kids in the cafeteria, and how others teased Harris and Klebold, show there was a distinct lack of acceptance of people for who they are. It's possible that if the individuality of Harris and Klebold had been channeled in the right direction, none of this would have happened. The school principal needs to take another long, hard look at what is going on beneath the surface...