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...Indians were so in awe of this skilled predator that many tribes incorporated the wolf in such rituals as ceremonial dances, hoping that braves might acquire some of the animal's courage and stamina. But with the settlement of the continent, the hunter became the hunted. Today Canis lupus has all but vanished from the contiguous 48 states. Only in the lonely wilds of northern Minnesota is there any significant concentration of wolves, about 1,200 animals...
...understanding of lupine behavior has resulted in a more sympathetic public image of the wolf. Wildlife biologists see them not as lawless, marauding killers, but as highly intelligent social creatures that are monogamous, dote on their young and howl complex messages. Still, in Minnesota's North Country, Canis lupus remains the Big Bad Wolf. Even after the Department of the Interior placed the Eastern timber wolf on the endangered species list in 1973, poaching continued at the rate of about 250 animals a year. Farmers complained of a wolf explosion and charged that the animals were ravaging cattle...
Suddenly, violently, Philippine politics had entered an uncertain new era, and the 17-year-old regime of President Ferdinand Marcos seemed vulnerable. Many in Manila have believed for some time that Marcos, 65, is chronically ill-a kidney ailment and lupus erythematosus are the most common rumors-and a peaceful succession is by no means certain. Marcos' authoritarian rule, coupled with a deepening economic crisis, has fostered widespread apathy and cynicism, and driven many young Filipinos into the country's small but increasingly troublesome Communist movement. That has weakened the nonviolent center and raised the chances...
...water off a duck; in truth it clings to him like fresh tar from a hot summer road. In Korea, he won a Bronze Star for annihilating 44 Chinese trapped in a ravine. Their ghosts haunt him. Now he is past 40, dying slowly of the degenerative disease lupus, unable to keep a job. Elizabeth abides, a back-country madonna...
...spending $1,200 to build and test "an above-ground aerobic and solar-assisted composting toilet," an outhouse elevated 2 yds. or 3 yds. above ground, where the human waste is caught on a wire mesh and exposed to sunlight to aid decomposition. Developer Douglas Elley of Lupus, Mo., plans to market his invention as "The Skycrapper," and he proudly praises "the pleasing and aesthetic moments of meditative contemplation in a small sunlit room perched 6 ft. to 8 ft. above a backyard or garden view...