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...stick around long enough to face off with the polar bears, says Rockwell, but he isn't buying that. The 4,000-plus-sq.-mi. park where hunting is banned is what Rockwell calls a "food mecca" for grizzlies. Wapusk is home to some 7,000 caribou, an equal number of moose and untold numbers of rabbits, fish, geese and other creatures. When Rockwell and his team ask the real experts - the Cree elders whose ancestors have lived there for generations - they say, "Why would a bear that's found a huge food source go someplace else?" according to Rockwell...
...number of pieces that had to be put together [was] mind-boggling,” Lazarus said...
While a great number of Harvard undergrads only use study guides as a study supplement rather than as a substitute for attending class and completing assigned readings, the overwhelming clamor for the creation of a study guide library—a method for all students to have easy access to study guides—is an unfortunate reflection of many students’ desire to avoid going to class and doing their homework...
...While Asian skaters collected an impressive number of medals in Vancouver, many of these nations - Korea, Japan, China - have only rudimentary figure-skating programs, and most are still in the process of building an infrastructure for the sport, with élite-level coaches and comprehensive training from the novice level up. The country with the most advanced program is China, thanks primarily to the efforts of one man, Yao Bin, who in 1980 was part of China's first pairs team to compete in a world championship. After a 15th-place showing there that he considered disastrous, Bin built...
...with the growth in interest that Kim has nurtured - she is one of the most recognized and highly paid celebrities in the country today - Korean skating officials realize they need to build more rinks and recruit more coaches, and fast. "After Kim Yu-Na became so popular, the number of students in our figure-skating club [more than] doubled, from 30% to 80%," says Hyun Ok Chung, deputy manager of Mokdong Ice Rink, one of the most prestigious skating clubs in Seoul. "Hundreds of students who apply for figure skating are on the waiting list because we already reached...