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...briefly, then sent him back to the wild." Unfortunately for Xiang Xiang, the tough-love approach only compounded his problems. In a subsequent encounter with a woods-wise cousin, Xiang Xiang tried to escape by climbing a tree. The hapless bear fell out and, from what rangers could gather over their monitors, probably broke a leg. Since then, Xiang Xiang hasn't been seen. Still, Zhang insists his charge had to be banished. "We did not want to keep Xiang Xiang because that would have shown our experiment had failed," Zhang says...
Back then when the U.S. got into trouble and Truman or Ike or Kennedy asked for help, Russell would gather up his 6-ft. frame, stick a forefinger into his somber vest and amble down those dim corridors to see if he could help his country. Everybody watching felt better when he arrived. There is something like that happening now to Senator Nunn. He trails a sense of reason and equilibrium on his journeys through the old Capitol's halls...
What's the world's most worrisome nuclear-proliferation hotspot? Answer: the diplomatic table in Beijing where six-party talks are periodically convened to discuss North Korean nuclear disarmament. Every time the international negotiators gather-or even threaten to gather-Pyongyang seems to take another step toward unrestrained nuclear breakout...
...Gather other work-free friends and form an amateur marching band. Practice in the early morning...
Although Mahowald has ambitions beyond puzzles, he will still enjoy the festivities that come with his hobby. In March, hundreds of crossword junkies will gather in Stamford, Connecticut for the biggest and oldest crossword tournament in the nation: The American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, which was started by Will Shortz thirty years ago. And Mahowald will be one of them...