Word: erdmann
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...Head peninsula of Indonesia's Papua province. Last year, a CI team uncovered dozens of new bird and plant species in Papua's Foja Mountains. This time, the group's study of the region's equally rich waters left its marine biologists "almost giddy," says expedition leader Mark Erdmann. "It's common enough to get a new species, but to discover them non-stop was completely unexpected and fun, like stepping back 150 years and being one of the early naturalists...
...four years ago, during a different sort of transition—the Bush administration had just been ushered into Washington—and the government was performing a talent search, looking for the most energetic and brightest minds. Erdmann had been highly recommended to Haass by his dissertation advisor (and old friend of Haass’), Warren Professor of American History Ernest...
Under the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), Erdmann was handed his orders—the man who only three years before had handed in his dissertation was now being held responsible for bringing Iraq’s university system up to speed with the rest of the international community. Among his mandates were: the “normalization” of Iraq’s scientific community; de-Baathification; and the opening of communication with the international academic community...
...practice, thinking historically was nearly impossible on the ground, Erdmann told The New Yorker. “There’ve been times when I don’t even know what I did 48 hours before. I try. It’s like a test for myself. Can I remember what I did the day before? I eventually can, but it takes effort. That’s not a good situation. You should be able to remember what you did in the last twenty-four hours,” he said from Iraq...
...Erdmann is back in Washington, working in the National Security Council, where his superiors vetoed a request for an interview...