Word: northerners
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three-hour meeting, law professors voted 33 to 7 in favor of undertaking multimillion dollar renovations on Langdell Hall, the school's main library. In addition, the faculty agreed to erect a new building in the northern part of Holmes Field--the school's main quadrangle--to house about 20 faculty offices that will be preempted by the Langdell renovations...
...Constructing a building in the northern part of Holmes Field. The space committee recommended erecting a four-story, 23,000 square-foot building on a 10,000 square-foot part of the quad, although the faculty yesterday did not make any conclusive decisions about the building's dimensions...
...evolutionary terms, these isolated pieces of habitat are true islandspatches of more northern microclimate surrounded by southern desert," writes Gould. "Consider the role that islands (like the Galapagos) have played both in developing the concepts of evolutionary theory and in acting as cradles of origin...
...successor to the Navy's A-6 attack plane, which is expected to cost some $60 million apiece. The plane has no vertical tail surface, giving it the appearance of a manta ray, according to one witness. Little is known about a separate aircraft being tested in northern California, which spotters say appears to be a successor to the F-117A fighter but is powered by a quieter engine. The Air Force developed the F-117A Stealth jet in complete secrecy and had 56 of them flying before their existence was publicly announced...
...arrival of the killer bees had been feared ever since hives were discovered in northern Mexico in 1986. The insects' sting is normally no more dangerous than that of their domestic cousins, but, says Terry Lockamy of the Texas Agriculture Extension Service, "these are bees with an attitude problem." They are more aggressive and can attack an intruder by the hundreds, and kill, when their colony is disturbed. The bees' real threat, however, is to the farming and honey industries: Africanized bees are less efficient crop pollinators and honey producers, and could cause multimillion- dollar losses if they infest...