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...novel's magic is only intermittent. There are wonderful imaginings: an epic, weeklong elk hunt in deep snow, a coffinmaker who carves his boxes in the shapes of totemic beasts. Bass's theme, however--humanity as a curse on nature--isn't quite realized in the unlikely person of a ruthless oil prospector called Old Dudley. And the author's habit of delivering long, italic nature lectures is windy self-indulgence. The dust jacket should bear a sign: EDITOR NEEDED, APPLY WITHIN...
...flabby and unbalanced. With the dominant predator gone, the next biggest hunter--typically the coyote--assumes the top spot. As the coyote population explodes, the populations of foxes, badgers and martens, which compete with coyotes for rodents and other small game, dwindle. At the same time, large prey like elk, which were once brought down by wolves, begin to multiply excessively, stripping vegetation from highlands. And with no elk carcasses lying around, scavengers like magpies, ravens and grizzly bears, accustomed to dining on scraps from wolf kills, have to scrounge elsewhere for protein. "The wolf is a keystone species," says...
...impact is now apparent. Around Yellowstone, elk kills are more common, a welcome development for park managers hoping to bring that animal's population back to manageable levels. The wolves often eat only 200 lbs. of the meat on a 500-lb. animal they fell, leaving plenty for other animals to scavenge. Wolf packs also appear to have killed as many as half the coyotes in at least two areas of the park, opening up ecological breathing room for foxes and other species. Even highland vegetation, no longer chewed up by hungry elk, is expected to start making a comeback...
...mathematics concentrator from Elk Grove Village, Ill., Johari will be enrolling in a one-year masters program in mathematics at Cambridge. Primarily interested in the interactions between pure and applied mathematics, he said that he hopes to use his experience in England to learn to shape university mathematics education...
...remember the accomplishments of the annual Pacific Basin apec economic summits. But the clothes! Last week Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien chose for his guests a brown elk leather, $400 Roots flight jacket, each personalized with the summiteer's name, title and apec logo, and cut to size (Clinton's: XXXL, tall). Such outfits--a Philippine barong tagalog in 1996 and an Indonesian batik shirt in 1994--are now high on the agenda. Host countries "check out the President's size pretty carefully," says the White House...