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...green mambas slither to safety through walls of vines; gorillas caper away in terror; mauve, violet and golden butterflies settle like confetti on the dozers, or bulls, as the workers call them. Finally, as dusk settles in, a single tree remains in the clearing, a majestic 120-ft. hardwood. Their 450-h.p. engines screaming, shrouded in black smoke, the monsters of steel advance. Bleeding at the trunk, mortally wounded, the century-old tree collapses with a crash...
...capital, Libreville, to the coast and back again then took up to 40 days by car. To unify his domain and its population, estimated at 1 million people, Bongo was determined to create iron paths through the jungle. The railway would also, he decided, give access to valuable hardwood and deposits of manganese and uranium...
While moving from the spacious hardwood dance studio in Radcliffe Yard is a loss for many dancers and teachers, the dance program will find a new home in the Quad this fall. The University is currently in the process of renovating and building a new dance facility in the Quadrangle Recreational Activities Center (QRAC), which will be ready for use next semester...
...from the gross structure of the building—evocative, in a way, of traditional Japanese homes—into the details of its original furniture. It is simultaneously massive and weightless, airy but enclosed. Unlike the other major Harvard libraries, its focal point is a beautiful conduit-like hardwood staircase (with tropical flowers), not a giant reading room; the interior layout of exposed concrete and shelves appears to be designed to avoid such a space, instead creating a myriad of private alcoves or study space, washed in natural light...
...look around the white-walled, gray-carpeted room confirmed her consternation. On a polished-hardwood platform sat two sleek silver laptops, an array of wires, a variety of indeterminate stringed instruments, a single cymbal, and a jar of mayonnaise. It was a science lecture gone gonzo, a scene that seemed to cry out for several dusty volumes—or, for that matter, the electro-acoustic duo the Books, who were scheduled to headline the MFA’s latest indie rock concert...