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James Bond is a natural-born gambler, and herein lies his appeal. Bond first appears in Dr. No dressed suavely in a tuxedo (Bond always first appears dressed in a tuxedo) at a gaming table in London. The casino represents his natural habitat, and his missions only draw him away from where he actually belongs...
...HORSE KNOWS THE WAY, by John O'Hara. The fourth recent collection of O'Hara's short stories shows a consistent excellence seldom achieved by any writer. In his tales of well-off, middle-aged people, the novelist defines his spiritual habitat as clearly as Faulkner staked out Yoknapatawpha...
...Frenchman who became the world's most celebrated delineator of birds was himself a bird of paradox. His name, until he anglicized it, was Jean Jacques Audubon. His adopted home was the U.S. And his natural habitat, proclaimed in assuming an additional name, was "Laforest." But a major part of his time was spent in courtrooms eluding creditors, in Europe's royal courts soliciting patronage, and in scientific academies quarreling with competitors...
...Natural Habitat. Bowen's durable predecessor, Rhodes Scholar Virgil M. Hancher, has kept Iowa in the front rank of state universities. The Iowa City campus is home for some of the most adventuresome minds in science and the arts: Physicist James Van Allen, Psychologist Wendell Johnson, Printmaker Mauricio Lasansky, Paul Engle's famed Writers' Workshop. The library, medical and law schools are among the best in the U.S. But Hancher is a corporation lawyer by training and cautious by instinct. "He tended to protect what we already had," says one dean, "but I am more concerned about...
...other dances will be open only to Harvard men and assorted Yalies. Leverett will feature the Shifters, who are three electric guitars, and a slow band. For some reason, the Dunster Dunces will sing there instead of in their accustomed habitat. Admission is $3.25 with House card, $4.00 without...