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BOOK EXCERPT: The Fountain...
...relied upon for irrigation and as the sole source of water for 1.7 million people in and around San Antonio. It is what biologists call a "hot spot," because the aquifer's spring system is home to 65 species found nowhere else on earth. Among them: the fountain darter, the Texas blind salamander and Texas wild rice. Falling water levels in the aquifer, caused by unregulated and excessive usage, threatened the species, and in 1991 the Sierra Club sued the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, forcing it to take action...
...Science Center fountain: At Harvard, instead of cracking open fire hydrants, intellectuals frolic in a fountain designed to demonstrate Brownian motion and the refraction of light. Still, water is wet, no matter how you dunk yourself...
...Peabody--A.k.a "The South's Grand Hotel." The Peabody is famous in its own right for its legendary ducks, who come down from their penthouse every weekday at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to walk across red carpet into a large fountain in the midst of the grand lobby. Those mallards are some of the most photographed paddlers in existence. The Peabody is also well known for its plethora of restaurants, gorgeous rooms and Skyway dance parties. It's just the place to convince a poor young law student and his wife that Memphis is the place...
...Harvard library system. All of the ice cream a person could want is in the six shops within a 10-minute walk of Harvard Yard (see related article, this section.) There is free live music on the streets every night. When it gets too hot, people play in the fountain in front of the Science Center. For summer in the city, it's pretty much ideal...