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That's why Mittermeier and I are here, to see Madagascar's wildlife while we can, and to see what's being done to save it. After a day in Antananarivo - a sprawling, diesel-soaked city that earns the adjective "teeming" - we leave by car for Andasibe, a former logging village that is now home to a burgeoning ecotourism trade. On the winding road we see the result of centuries of tavy, traditional slash-and-burn agriculture. The verdant forests that once covered much of Madagascar have been burnt or torn down, replaced by muddy rice paddies and secondary shrubs...
...capitalized on it, suckering in those wannabes who are more interested in bragging rights than promoting a fresh, honest talent in the art world or insightful, subversive ideas in the public arena. Dead animals preserved in formaldehyde and a diamond encrusted skull-is this even legal? Spin paintings done by studio assistants-give me a break; kids have amused themselves for decades creating identical masterpieces at fairs and school fundraisers. My fantasy: that no one bids. Susan H. Warren, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania...
...Speed on Slow FoodI must take issue with some of Bryan Walsh's claims about the organic-food movement in "Can Slow Food Feed the World" [Sept. 15]. First, ?organic farming yields less per acre than industrial farming" only if it is done by industrial-style methods. John Jeavons' Bountiful Gardens project proves that all the food a person needs-and all the natural fertilizer needed to grow that food-can be produced on one-sixteenth of an acre if biointensive organic methods are used. Second, if all Americans ate organic food we would not need 40 million full-time...
...Both the United States Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense have doctorates in Russian studies. A fat lot of good that's done us.' ROBERT M. GATES, Defense Secretary, on the U.S.'s strained ties with Russia...
...later. And when the three have run into interference from conservatives in the White House who didn't much care for their intervention in free markets--including, at times, aides in the Vice President's office--President Bush has told them, To hell with the flak--just get it done...