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...aviary of nuclear-arms-control experts has long been populated by just two types of birds: hawks and doves. Lately, however, a new species is flapping about on op-ed pages: the owl. Hawks are concerned that war will break out because the U.S. is too weak; doves fear that the arms race will provoke an attack. Owls argue that the greatest danger lies not in too many missiles or too few but in the risk that humans will by mistake or miscalculation launch them...
...Officers noted the theft of a lawn statue at 1 Francis Ave. created in the likeness of an owl. The missing owl is worth...
...Officers noted the theft of a lawn statue at 1 Francis Ave. created in the likeness of an owl. The missing owl is worth...
Paper, like the Hubble Space Telescope and the Northern Spotted Owl, will soon become history. Harvard is following suit. In a dramatic overhaul of the existing system, the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE) has shifted away from traditional paper-and-pencil evaluations to entirely online forms, to be joined in 2006 by an exclusively online CUE Guide. But while the online system instituted this semester holds many potential advantages, it could also exacerbate problems with participation and statistical accuracy. Such issues should be addressed now before they have far-ranging effects...
...then Senator [Bob] Packwood heard I had these things, and said they ought to be put in the Smithsonian. So I looked, but I decided that they'd wind up behind some stuffed owl. Then Glenn Campbell of the Hoover Institution [of War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University] wanted 'em, so I gave 'em to him. A few months later, I got an appraisal from Sotheby's for a deduction on my income tax. Well, since then I've been fighting the IRS. This Wednesday we're having a hearing. Seems they sent the films to Ray Hackie...