Word: extinctions
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...some of the cash may have found its way into extracurricular projects, "all of the money was used for the purpose of research." Besides paying for one scientist's wedding and another's housing, that research agenda apparently included attempts to clone Ice-Age mammoths, using tissues of the extinct animal obtained from glaciers. Sadly, Hwang reported, his attempts to recreate Jurassic Park failed, as did an effort to clone tigers-which may come as a relief to cloned Afghan hound Snuppy, who remains Hwang's most impressive proven achievement...
...elaborate language of squeals, clicks and low moans, it was nearly too late. The orgy of unrestrained whale hunting, which began in the 1600s and became industrialized in the 19th century, had already sent many species into serious decline. Environmental groups, fearing that the whales would become extinct, lobbied hard to bring the hunting and killing to a halt. In 1986 they came very close: the International Whaling Commission (IWC) voted to prohibit whaling, allowing it only for scientific purposes or, in a handful of cases, such as among native peoples in Alaska and Greenland, to preserve ancient food-gathering...
...Yorker, for which he drew 16 covers; of cancer; in Norwalk, Conn. Reilly mocked the foibles of anxious yuppies and overwrought parents in edgy yet goofy pieces. In one, a woman standing with her young son near a museum's dinosaur skeleton warns him, "They got extinct because they didn't listen to their mommies...
...Code of Honor, which sets group-wide standards of conduct. Subir Gokarn, chief economist at ratings agency Crisil, says Ratan Tata read the runes of change and largely avoided the rash of business failures in India that followed reform: "He survived the bloodbath. Those who made no changes became extinct...
...according to Johnson, who founded the organization, CNNY has its own bills to pay, and the proceeds from the Ivy League polo match are set aside for the organization itself.That was the plan anyway, when Johnson started the Ivy Cup in collaboration with Drugge, the captain of the now-extinct undergraduate Crimson polo team. So far, it hasn’t worked. Every year, CNNY has poured between $80,000 and $100,000 into the polo match, and as Johnson says, “there weren’t really any proceeds.” He has high hopes...