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...Zhongnanhai home and uses it to log onto foreign databases. And top officials insist he is committed to a wired China, fully aware that the country's future depends on growth, which relies, in turn, on technology. Is it just possible that the real great leap forward begins with the initials...
...colored, black-striped mammal, which weighs less than 1 oz. and measures barely 2 in. Named for a Colorado naturalist who discovered the subspecies 103 years ago, the mouse hibernates for nine months. In summer it emerges only at night, when it commences to bound 4 ft. at a leap through the tall grass, aided by preternaturally long hind legs and an outsize tail that helps stabilize it in flight. "There could be thousands out there, and there could be far fewer; we just don't know," concedes Fish and Wildlife biologist Peter Plage, who has rarely seen the rodent...
...decided to take the leap for public office because of what I was seeing in the volunteer and civic work I was involved in," Barrios says, pointing to his experiences teaching in public schools and his housing law background as qualifications...
...meet also showcased the athletic gifts of star freshmen Dora Gyorffy and Marna Schutte. Gyorffy, an All-American high jumper, once again displayed her versatility, taking second in javelin in her very first competition in the event. She continued her dominance in the high jump with a leap of 5'6, and also won the triple jump...
Another bright spot was freshman Arthur Fergusson's victory in the triple jump, which he won with a leap...