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...that more than half the species occur in the tropical rain forests. From these natural greenhouses, many world records of biodiversity have been reported--425 kinds of trees in 2.5 acres (1 hectare) of Brazil's Atlantic forest and 1,300 butterfly species from a corner of Peru's Manu National Park, both more than 10 times the number from comparable sites in Europe and North America. At the other extreme, the McMurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica, with the poorest and coldest soils in the world, still harbor sparse communities of bacteria, fungi and microscopic invertebrate animals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vanishing Before Our Eyes | 4/26/2000 | See Source »

...tissues and some Godiva. In a slight concession to modern pop, Christina Aguilera also gets her props on the album, with a new song "Don't Make Me Love You," which is sure to slam Mandy Moore from the MTV countdown. Other artists include Olive, Solar Twins, Manu Chao and an instrumental by Gabriel Yared. All very eclectic music, all very cutting-edge, a conglomerate of music that should make for a rather interesting sound in a romantic comedy...

Author: By Deirdre Mask, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Madonna, With Strong Supporting Cast | 2/25/2000 | See Source »

From the backseat of the Freeway I thought of Kid Driver--would he get back to Hamilton this afternoon and get to his job? I would. Maybe the surf on Manu Bay would keep him in Raglan and he'd blow off Pak N' Save for the set of waves that he'd come looking for. I hoped...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: POSTCARD FROM NEW ZEALAND | 7/23/1999 | See Source »

...Save grocery store in town as a stock clerk. This morning he woke up late and wanted to have a quick surf in Raglan before work--his afternoon shift began in three hours. But he said he might blow off his job if the waves in Manu Bay were massive. To squeeze in surfs, he and his mates would sometimes drive the length of SH23 six times in the same...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: To Raglan and Back | 7/23/1999 | See Source »

From the backseat of the Freeway I thought of Kid Driver--would he get back to Hamilton this afternoon and get to his job? I would. Maybe the surf on Manu Bay would keep him in Raglan and he'd blow off Pak N' Save for the set of waves that he'd come looking for. I hoped...

Author: By Jonathan S. Paul, | Title: To Raglan and Back | 7/23/1999 | See Source »

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