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...other animals flourish, their blood kept fluid by biochemical antifreezes. Populations of bacteria live in the spumes of volcanic thermal vents on the ocean floor, multiplying in water above the boiling point. And far beneath Earth's surface, to a depth of 2 miles (3.2 km) or more, dwell the SLIMES (subsurface lithoautotrophic microbial ecosystems), unique assemblages of bacteria and fungi that occupy pores in the interlocking mineral grains of igneous rock and derive their energy from inorganic chemicals. The SLIMES are independent of the world above, so even if all of it were burned to a cinder, they would...
...provocative and unproductive and maybe even a little voyeuristic to conjure up such old evils as the "lynching bees"? I have talked to Israelis who do not want to hear another word about the Holocaust. Some American blacks are, in the same way, impatient with those who dwell on the past. They understand that tragic memory, while sometimes instructive, can also be destructive and transfixing. Surely Americans - a lucky and headlong and creatively forgetful people in many ways - live in a happier village than do, for example, memory-obsessed Bosnians, Serbs, Croats and Kosovars...
...only co-ed social institution at Harvard. Club Vice President Haley M. Joel '01 says she loves the club because it offers the chance to gather with other students for lunches and the use of the members lounge, which subscribes to over 15 magazines. "We're trying not to dwell on the past--positive strides toward a different kind of club." As part of her new vision for the club, Joel has poured her energy into an upcoming charity event for pediatric AIDS. "The club and pediatric AIDS have a very special relationship," Joel says. She stresses that the event...
...bitterly unraveling as he attempts to prevent a rape victim and her husband from aborting a child, and of a feckless youth who falls asleep on a palette of relief supplies and, dropped into a war zone, discovers his purpose. It is Dizdar's cool objectivity --his refusal to dwell on anyone's troubles (or triumphs)--that makes his portrait of good hearts overcoming emotional Balkanization the best movie of this very young millennium...
...time comes that they must coordinate a dinner party at Le Cirque with their diverse friends from all over the Upper East Side, then maybe their cell phone jabbering will be somewhat understandable, although certainly still abhorrent. However, right now, given the tiny geographic area in which we all dwell, the use of cell phones to plan social outings is entirely incomprehensible. After all, Grafton isn't all that far from the Fly, and the Spee is only a short walk from there. Even as they migrate from hot-spot to hot-spot, it shouldn't be too hard...