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...great way to introduce [children] to books. If you take out a book, it's suprising how many kids will gather around you," said Sanaz Hariri '99, a returning volunteer with the program...

Author: By Laura L. Tarter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: College Volunteers Flock to HELP | 10/9/1997 | See Source »

...until two days before I left home. Unlike incoming-first-years, I did not receive the envelope full of pamphlets on extracurricular activities. When I called to request this information, I was told that these activities were student-run and that it was not the Administration's responsibility to gather this information...

Author: By Naomi A. Schaefer, | Title: Transfer Kinks | 10/1/1997 | See Source »

...years," says Cox. More important, healers may alert ethnobotanists to nuances that random collecting could miss. Take Homalanthus nutans, a rain-forest tree whose bark Samoans have used for centuries as a cure for hepatitis. Cox quickly found that he could not just casually go into the forest and gather the bark because 1) there are two varieties of the tree, and the bark of only one is effective, and 2) only trees of a certain size produce the desired extract...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PLANT HUNTER | 10/1/1997 | See Source »

...College's religious diversity grows, students from traditionally less prominent faiths have been forced to worship and gather in makeshift or temporary locations on campus, or even travel sometimes great distances to established religious centers outside Cambridge...

Author: By Andrew S. Chang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Religious Groups Search for Space | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

...McNamara said, perhaps they should adopt some of the military's doctrine. Even occupying armies must know the difference between friends and enemies. Cops who view communities in which they serve as "the bush" and its residents as the enemy are not likely to gather intelligence and arrest the most serious criminals. Minorities in inner cities have a serious stake in eradicating drugs and guns. However, they will not support police operations if they feel that most cops are not serious professionals but hostile, narrow-minded thrill seekers. JOSEPH BALANCIER JR. Marina, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 22, 1997 | 9/22/1997 | See Source »

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