Word: huntly
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They shut down the Pepsi machines in the University of Portland cafeteria the other day. The plastic bottles of Hunt's Ketchup disappeared. Sugar was replaced with honey from a neighborhood beekeeper. And everything else on the lunch menu, from soup (lentil) to nuts (hazel), was locally grown, baked, milked and mixed. The shrimp was harvested in nearby Netarts Bay, not in Thailand; the herbs were gathered in adjacent Clackamas County, not in California; the chicken was pastured on fields outside Eugene, not imported from the Midwest's vast factory farms. "It's awesome," said Alex Samuels, 19, a freshman...
...Great Gene Hunt. It was an extraordinarily productive year for the genetic engineers racing to unravel the secrets of human DNA. Scientists not only pinpointed genes linked to more than half a dozen major ailments -- including Lou Gehrig's disease, Huntington's disease, colon cancer, hyperactivity and a type of diabetes -- but also sketched out the first rough map of all human chromosomes. Other researchers explored ways to use this information to replace damaged genes. The first beneficiaries of ''gene therapy'' -- two Ohio girls who have an immune-deficiency disease -- made their public debut after three years of successful treatment...
...HUNT FOR THE WHISTLE-BLOWER...
...Squid with Backbone Your notebook item "Catch Of The Century" reported on the hunt and temporary capture of an 8-m-long giant squid [Oct. 10]. You described how the squid finally freed itself by tearing off one of its 5.5-m-long tentacles, leaving it behind on the hook that had impaled it. Giant squids may not be the most likable of creatures, but do they deserve such treatment? I think I would be somewhat "active and aggressive" too if I were forced to tear off my own limb while scientists sat back, casually making their observations. Fergus Mahon...
...Squid with Backbone Your notebook item "Catch of the Century" reported on the hunt and temporary capture of an 8-m-long giant squid [Oct. 10]. You described how the squid finally freed itself by tearing off one of its 5.5-m-long tentacles, leaving it behind on the hook that had impaled it. Giant squids may not be the most likable of creatures, but do they deserve such treatment? I think I would be somewhat "active and aggressive" too if I were forced to tear off my own limb while scientists sat back, casually making their observations. Fergus Mahon...