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...Most wild birds have some parasites, but these birds were overwhelmed," said Lev G. Gayle, executive director of A&M's veterinary diagnostic lab. Autopsies revealed that the birds had parasites in every organ in their body, even in skeletal muscle and their brains, in a few cases. All wild birds have some level of parasites in their bodies, Gayle said. It was likely these 60, which appeared not to have eaten recently, were the most vulnerable and weakened of a large flock numbering in the hundreds. Increasing parasite levels made them weaker and more susceptible to sudden temperature change...
...mural panels in front of Dunster back in their proper order. As much fun as we might have trying to sound out what they say now ("Lev-duns-ma-rett?"), the aesthetic effects are less than pleasing. If the construction must continue, at least we could have something coherent to look at when we stare out our windows at 7 a.m., cursing the day jackhammers were invented...
...standard, however, the past few weeks have been grim ones for activists. In addition to the deaths of Politkovskaya and Litvinenko, Lev Ponomarev, a veteran campaigner, was arrested and jailed for three days in late September for organizing a memorial for the victims of the Beslan school hostage tragedy. His crime: holding an unauthorized rally. In early October, Manfred Nowak, a United Nations rapporteur on torture, was forced to postpone a fact-finding trip to Chechnya and the northern Caucasus after he was told that his intention to visit detention facilities unannounced and interview detainees would contravene Russian...
...actions have driven moderate Muslims to become supporters of extremists and created a seemingly endless supply of terrorist recruits. We must begin to reverse this course by adhering to the rules on prisoner treatment in the Geneva Conventions. J. William Vega Corrales, New Mexico, U.S. Internet Idiocy Book reviewer Lev Grossman's essay about his feud with a blogging critic initially made me think, Great - a critic got a taste of his own medicine [Sept. 25]. But I read on and found out Grossman had experienced the cyberslander that is so prevalent in Internet blogging. Unfortunately, the Internet has allowed...
Book reviewer Lev Grossman's Essay about his feud with a blogging critic initially made me think, Great--a critic got a taste of his own medicine [Sept. 25]. But I read on and found out Grossman had experienced the cyberslander that is so prevalent in Internet blogging. Unfortunately, the Internet has allowed anyone with a computer to pretend to be an expert on anything. No matter how uninformed, unintelligent or unrestrained people may be, they can declare themselves authorities and everyone else complete idiots. Since our society loves sensationalism over substance, such ranting gets more attention than legitimate literature...