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...They have also discovered previously unknown species of fish. But they still do not know why the new cable is so appealing. The favored theory: sharks attack the lines after detecting faint electric fields that trigger a feeding reflex. "Who knows why they are attracted to it?" muses Gary Nelson, chief of ichthyology at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. "Sharks aren't all that predictable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Abstracts Fiber-Optic Feeding Frenzy | 6/22/1987 | See Source »

Director Robert Woodruff shares the staging credit with his performers, notably the Flying Karamazov Brothers, a quintet of juggling comics who play the servants, the masters and Shakespeare himself, looking on in mounting disbelief. Nobody here is precisely acting, but Karla Burns as a lovestruck maid, Randy Nelson as a sly servant, Howard Jay Patterson as one of the masters and Sophie Hayden as his wife all appear to have -- and give -- a roaring good time. -- W.A.H...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theatre: Tenpins Aloft, Forsooth | 6/15/1987 | See Source »

...dishonor role include the Shah of Iran, Edwin Meese, and John McCloy (who will justifies the role he played in imprisoning 110,000 Japanese-Americans and in refusing to bomb the rail lines to Auschwitz). Among those whom Harvard has neglected (at least thus far) have been Anatoly Shcharansky, Nelson Mandela, and Elie Wiesel. Fifty years ago Harvard honored actual Nazi leaders. Today we dishonor their victims by selecting an apologist for a Nazi war criminal to receive one of our highest honors. Confucious condemns "honors acquired by unrighteousness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: An Undeserved Honor | 6/9/1987 | See Source »

...British television correspondents. At the same time, Botha pledged to be "more directly involved" in negotiations with black leaders and to create a National Council as a forum for such talks. But even moderate blacks such as KwaZulu Chief Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi have refused to take part until Nelson Mandela and other popular leaders are freed from prison and offered the opportunity to participate. The reform process, slow and tentative at best, appears stalemated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa Jockeying for the Right Corner | 6/1/1987 | See Source »

...fear to use our influence. We shun ourmoral leadership. We have isolated ourselves fromthe most dramatic chapter in the story of freedomaround the world," he said. Biden added that hehimself would deal with moderate Black leaders,including Nelson Mandela and Bishop Tutu...

Author: By Susan B. Glasser, | Title: Biden Says Reagan Policy Fails | 5/29/1987 | See Source »

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