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> The gray whale, once considered virtually extinct, is alive and multiplying in the lagoons along the coast of Baja California. That news was reported last week by Carl Hubbs, of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Hubbs credited the whale's comeback to Mexico's ban on hunting and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Three for the Animals | 3/27/1972 | See Source »

"And Pierre. The Big Samoan. All-State shotputter, the Brute! At first he tries to hide! You can't hide an elephant in the bullrushes."

Author: By Timothy Carlson, | Title: Spruce Creek | 2/24/1972 | See Source »

A Harvard commitment to fight the taking of its bequeathed land for environmental rape at this time--as the case heads for the United States Supreme Court--could be effective not only in making Con Ed think twice about pursuing its white elephant further, but also in establishing, for once...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Black Rock | 2/17/1972 | See Source »

When he's high, JJ (Segal) can talk sweetly enough to charm an elephant into a birdcage; waiting for a fix, shriveled and twitchy, he is at the mercy of his habit, dependent on others.

Author: By Esther Dyson, | Title: Put It Together, Ivan | 2/12/1972 | See Source »

Far below swirl the icy black currents of the rushing St. Lawrence River. Snow-laden Arctic winds whistle past, and for an instant, at least, the feeling is that of being atop a giant, jagged iceberg floating downriver past Montreal. Inside the iceberg, though, all is snug and warm; a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Inhabiting Habitat | 1/31/1972 | See Source »

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