Word: mix
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...preservation of species is a task involving a volatile mix of biology, politics, economics and morality. For 17 years the Endangered Species Act has provided a "911" distress line for life forms teetering on the edge. But its species-by-species approach does little to avert conflict. Man cannot manage nature through a series of ad hoc rescue attempts, ignoring the underlying causes for the loss of biodiversity. The answer is not to dilute the Endangered Species Act but to better anticipate the consequences of human activity, focusing on entire ecosystems rather than on single species. By the time...
...Their album, "As Nasty as They Wanna Be" tells of the unnatural sexual prowess of the band's members and the irrepressible urge of every "bitch" to throw off all inhibition and consent. (This is the PG-13 exposition of their lyrics; if you want the "Henry and June" mix, buy the album...
Clearly, preventing heart disease is better than trying to reverse it once the process starts. Experts differ on the best mix of prevention strategies, but they agree on one thing: Americans should cut down on the fat in their diet. Otherwise, they could be eating themselves into an early grave...
...countervailing force to Germany, which has Europe's most powerful economy. Even the French have been quietly but assiduously courting the British. Prior to unification day in Germany, a balance existed among West Germany, France and Britain, each with about the same populations, relative wealth and mix of political advantages and handicaps. A united Germany has upset that equilibrium...
Alcohol and Phones Don't Mix--Officials with the Harvard University Network (HUN) have decided to postpone the planned switchover of more than 300 phone lines from New England Telephone to HUN. They say they are concerned that both students and tutors might temporarily lose service over Head of the Charles weekend, just when access to the phones might be most important. So HUN will do the work in two weeks. Of course, lest students worry that they might lose their phones then, Nancy M. Kinchla, project manager for Student Telephone Services, says such concern is unfounded...