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...there have been very few tourists since Sept. 11, and America's greatest symbol of consumerism has been suffering from the aftershocks of the attacks. The MOA is a ghost mall, with visitors down at least 30% and more on weekdays. Conventions have been canceled, tourists are afraid to fly, the national economy is unsteady, and the largest state-worker strike in Minnesota history just ended after two weeks. Worse yet, a rumor has been floating around that the MOA is next on al-Qaeda's hit list. And a widely circulated e-mail warning that malls will...
...moa, Poto?" (Here more, Poto...
...spray can about to go the way of the giant moa? For the past two years it has seemed so, because evidence has mounted that fluorocarbon, which is used as a propellant in numerous aerosol sprays, is depleting the ozone layer of the earth's atmosphere and increasing worldwide the danger of skin cancer from the sun's radiation. Last week three federal agencies announced a timetable for phasing out fluorocarbons from all "nonessential" uses-including deodorants, hair sprays and perfumes-by the spring...
...life conservation; in Stony Brook, Long Island. In 1912 Murphy shipped aboard an Antarctic whaler as assistant navigator, and brought back bird, plant and fish specimens never before seen in the U.S. Among the discoveries of his 61-year career were the skeleton of the New Zealand moa, a flightless bird of centuries ago, and the cahow, a sea bird believed to have been extinct since the 17th century. As bird curator at Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History, he sailed on more than a dozen ocean expeditions, wrote nearly 600 articles and ten books (among them, Logbook...
...swallow. Delicious. Pity I had no horse d'oeuvre. Such a stag party may never be held again. On the otter hand, I wonder wether the savoir-fare of your report could be repeated? Please pardon my chick in asping, but to meat my wish, please: moa, moa! Tiger best you can, hmhm...