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...words of Harvard coach Bill McCurdy, Northeastern top gun John Flora "blossomed" on the way to first place with a blazing 23:39 finish. Bill Roach of Boston College finished second at a safe distance at 24:25, followed by a Brandeis duo consisting of Buddy Bostic (24:32) and Don Finelli...
...must combat desertification, agreed. But some deserts need to be protected from man. For instance, one of the world's most remarkable deserts: the geographically confined Namib. Its flora and fauna are unrivaled, in part because of the great diversity of ultra-psammophilous adaptations. It is a great pity, therefore, that the South West African department of water affairs is now hellbent on pumping dry the underground water resources of the Kuiseb River to satisfy the corporate hunger for uranium...
...potential broader social or ethical implications of initiating this line of research--of its role, as a possible prelude to longer-range, broader-scale genetic engineering of the fauna and flora of the planet including ultimately, man...Shall we take into our hands our own future evolution...
...work of Shiko Munakata, a contemporary Japanese woodblock artist, is the subject of a third MFA exhibition. The museum is displaying several of Munakata's original woodblock prints in addition to photographs of many of his other works. "Flora and Fauna," a collection of about 35 prints and drawings, traces the development of natural history illustration from the 16th to the 19th century, and "Peter Rabbit and Other Tales--Art from the World of Peter Rabbit" is a show well-suited to our current age of nostalgia...
...Washington, the initials D.C, stand for Disco Capital, say the night stalkers. The most opulent place in town is Pisces, where the decor runs to old R.K.O. set designs, 1,000-gal. shark-filled aquariums, 18-ft. laser-lit cascades and tropical flora. Members include Liz Taylor, Gregory Peck and Alejandro Orfila, secretary-general of the Organization of American States, who last October auctioned off three rare 24-in.-high falabella ponies on the dance floor. The newest In place is The Apple Tree. The interior resembles a cross between a carpenter's loft and a berserk florist...