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...high school did its best to shake up our literary notions. My entire ninth grade year was devoted to studying works by ethnic writers: Lawrence Yep's Child of the Owl, Chaim Potok's My Name is Ascher Lev and Richard Wright's Native Son. But one year in the span of 18 is not saying a whole...

Author: By Melanie R. Williams, | Title: It's Not Just Ethnic Studies | 12/13/1990 | See Source »

...interests. Biologists, environmentalists, theologians, historians and, yes, representatives of industry have a claim to participate in such decisions. Some in this Administration and its predecessor have criticized the Endangered Species Act and shown a willingness to subordinate biological evidence to political expediency. Such was the case with the spotted owl and the Mount Graham squirrel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: Down with The God Squad | 11/5/1990 | See Source »

Clubs like the Fox and the Owl have outings to alumni houses at Cape Cod, while clubs like the Delphic, Porcellian and the Fly traditionally have held cocktail parties as their first event...

Author: By Lan N. Nguyen, | Title: Punched Out: How to Get Into a Final Club | 10/24/1990 | See Source »

...Baryshnikov-Morris tour, scheduled for 17 U.S. cities in October and November, would seem about as likely a partnership as the owl and the pussycat. Baryshnikov, 42, the pre-eminent male dancer of the 1970s and '80s, defined the great classical ballet roles. Morris, 34, is a brilliant and somewhat unruly postmodern choreographer. Baryshnikov dances "up," every graceful move a dismissal of gravity. Morris, a marvelous performer as well, is blunt and emphatic. Where the one leaps high, the other stamps down, like the folk dancer he was as a teenager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dance: The Mark and Misha Show | 9/17/1990 | See Source »

...international ozone treaty grows stronger, Bush bans new offshore oil, and Sam Nunn wants the military in on environmental action. -- A plan to save the spotted owl pleases...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page: July 9, 1990 | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

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