Word: javan
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...rhinoceros is one of earth's oldest creatures, dating from the Eocene epoch, when horses were the size of dogs, some 55 million years ago. There are five surviving rhino species -- black, white, Sumatran, Indian and Javan -- all of them endangered because of poachers who kill them for their horns. Africa's black, or hooked-lipped, rhino (Diceros bicornis) is the latest to land on the endangered list. In 1970 there were 65,000 of the beasts roaming the rough bush country of east, central and southern Africa. Today there are fewer than 4,000, half of them in Zimbabwe...
...Javan T. Bunch '85 said, "I think we're all numb. Suddenly, between all of the No-Doz and the computer paper, something came out and now we're drinking champagne...
This is the first year the Hasty Pudding Club sponsored such a contest, although Lowell House's Bermuda Bash has sent students to sandy beaches in the past. The Pudding hopes to sponsor a similar event next year, the club's publicity director, Javan T Bunch '85 said yesterday...