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...Professor of Biology Rolla M. Tryon and his wife, Lecturer in Biology Alice F. Tryon-two of the world's experts on the fern-individual research on the fuzzy, apparently harmless plant created a husband-wife team which has gone on to make pioneer advances in understanding the dual-natured fern...
While this mysterious plant may seem to inspire only nature lovers, the fern, which can grow virtually anywhere, is not only a key tool in basic science, but is rapidly gaining a foothold in areas ranging from industry to medicine...
Having devoted most of their lives to studying the plant, the Tryons have traced it to some of the globe's more exotic regions and in the process have classified and experimented with many of the estimated 15,000 types, ranging from the 80-foot-high fern tree to the "deadly" one-inch bracken...
...budget pinch keeps getting worse. "Forget about buying books, or getting clothes, or going somewhere for the weekend," says Fernández, a professor of social psychology. "We're living by the day," says his wife, who has an administrative job. "The refrigerator seems half empty most of the time...
...thing, journalism rarely sees the larger truth of a story because reporters are usually chasing quite small elements of information. A story, like a fern, only reveals its final shocking shape in stages. Journalism also reduces most of the stories it deals with to political considerations. Matters are defined in terms of where power lies, who opposes whom or what, where the special interests are. As a result, the larger truth of a story is often missed or ignored. By its nature, political thought limits speculative thought. Political realities themselves cannot be grasped by an exclusively political way of looking...