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What if several decades from now global warming causes such swings in temperature to occur more often? That possibility alarms marine scientists, because bleaching--the coral equivalent of running a fever--can be fatal. In 1983 a particularly severe bleaching episode killed 95% of the corals off the Galapagos Islands. Global warming could also trigger more intense hurricanes, scientists fear. And while healthy reefs would no doubt recuperate from the pummeling, sick reefs might not. "What we worry about," says Smithsonian marine biologist Nancy Knowlton, "is a threshold effect, when so much stress piles up that all of a sudden...
Inevitable as death, ineffable as love, unappealing as the sudden appearance of jowls, the impulse to make strange little grunting noises when you stand up, sit down or bend over hits everyone in different ways. For some, it may first occur when hoisting a bag of groceries; for others, it may happen when stooping to pick up a toddler or crouching to tie a shoe. Typically, the strange little grunting noises never sound like much--a weary uhhh as the weight of the body is raised or lowered. Sometimes the uhhh may be followed by a few expressive words, like...
...next total lunar eclipse visible from Harvard will not occur until January 20, 2000, although there will be a very deep partial lunar eclipse on March...
...only will this tournament serve as a tune-up for the ECAC Championships which occur the following weekend, it will also give the new freshmen a chance to take a close first look at college tennis...
...piece's most compelling and hilarious moments occur as Miller tells of his backyard escapades, using various fruits and vegetables as sex tools. His tribute to zucchini is outrageously funny, performed while bending at the knees, up and down, up and down, while recalling his mother's reaction to her discovery of his exploits. Deeply moving is Miller's ode to his backyard Valencia orange tree, using his body to expel a paroxysm of sexual desire while sucking on an orange. As juice runs from his mouth, working its way down his body, and dropping lusciously to the floor through...