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...able to find sympathetic friends in 29 Garden Street. With the Union dorms under construction, the University had thrust some freshmen into temporary housing in the building across the street from the Registrar’s office. “29-G,” they called it. A group of black men who lived there came to be called the G-men. Ashong found himself often venturing out to 29-G, where he felt more at home...
...insurance, the center will stockpile seeds of some of the species at the Department of Agriculture's Fort Collins, Colo., seed-storage facility. That way, says Frank Thibodeau, the center's scientific director, "despite power losses, hurricanes, fires or any other natural disaster that could befall a greenhouse or garden, we will always have the seeds available for study and propagation...
...shipped to Geneva a 16-ft.-long stretch oval table from the New York City building housing the American mission to the U.N. Should the leaders decide to take a walk while talking, Fleur d'Eau was chosen in part to make a stroll pleasant; its huge garden stretches to the lake...
Biology had its share of the agenda. Corn and garden cress seeds were tucked into soil to test the influence of microgravity on plant growth. Frog eggs were fertilized to determine if low gravity alters the development of organs responsible for balance. At one point a fruit fly escaped from its container and was quickly dubbed Willy. Later the astronauts found the ill-fated drosophila dead in a filter. Tongue in cheek, officials at Oberpfaffenhofen handed out an obituary for "our bold little astronaut...
...artistic life between the wars." Dior started off as an art gallery owner, exhibiting the work of Neo-humanist and Surrealist painters such as Christian Bérard and Salvador Dalí. The fête, which runs concurrently with the exhibit, also features organized walks through the spectacular garden of Dior 's childhood home. Other attractions include a vintage car rally, from May 13-15; a festival of films in which Dior dresses appear, from Sept. 14-18; several sporting events, including the Christian Dior Cup golf tournament held at the Baie du Mont Saint-Michel golf club...