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...former herders like Bayarsakhan, the transition to city living has been wrenching. He grew up in Gobi-Altai province to the south, where his family had raised livestock for generations. Four summers ago, however, a severe drought was followed by an early frost, then a brutal winter with high winds. Mongolians have a name for this: the dzud. The historical norm has been roughly one dzud every half-decade, making for a tough season before more-manageable weather returns. But it's now happening for a fourth consecutive year. The dzud means less grass grows and animals can't fatten...
Professor Killam will continue his teaching in Architectural Construction, Mr. H. A. Frost in Graphics, Messrs. H. B. Warren and H. D. Murphy in Free-hand Drawing, and Mr. John Wilson in Modelling. Mr. Kenneth Conant will assist in the courses in the History of Architecture taking complete charge of the drawing in these courses, and grounding the men in the vocabulary of Architecture, in connection with the historical development of the styles...
...Frost, 2-5, Robinson Hall...
GUARDED Winter hits hard in the Eastern U.S.; frost threatens Florida oranges. When can we start worrying about global warming again...
...flavor--sweet, like Sauternes, but tangy. "I love these wines," says Andrea Immer, author of Great Tastes Made Simple. "They're a spark plug for the mouth." Ice wines originated in the 1790s when workers in the Franconian region of Germany tried to salvage grapes frozen in an early frost. One of the newest producers is Canada, whose nippy Niagara Peninsula provides the perfect microclimate for growing--and freezing--ice wine's Riesling, Vidal and Seyval grapes. Canadian production of ice wine has skyrocketed from 96,000 bottles in 1993 to nearly a million in 2001. Wine lovers have...