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...Britain's leading tabloid, cautioned its readers, "It won't be long before the garlic-breathed bastilles will be here in droves once the Channel Tunnel is open." Deep in the British psyche there is a conservatism about ending the island-nation status. Labour Party transport spokesman John Prescott calls this attitude one of England's greatest problems. "We're going to have to be more reoriented toward Europe," he says. In spite of Britain's reservations, when the main breakthrough occurs on Dec. 1, men will meet, clasp hands and celebrate the fulfillment of a dream that has been...
...them, we abuse them, then we dump them." Although dolphin expert Joseph Geraci of the University of Guelph in Ontario reported finding no signs that the San Diego center mistreats the creatures, the aquarium, which has made similar transfers before, put the plan on hold. Said executive director John Prescott: "We want to satisfy any anxiety raised by this decision...
...irony is that the "new truths" of the plains are as old as the crumbling diaries of the first explorers. Those early wanderers lumped the plains into something labeled the "great American desert." In 1931 Texas historian Walter Prescott Webb wrote, "East of the Mississippi, civilization stood on three legs -- land, water and timber; west of the Mississippi, not one but two of these legs were withdrawn -- water and timber -- and civilization was left on one leg -- land. It is small wonder that it toppled over in temporary failure." The Poppers simply confirmed Webb...
Already, FAS has consolidated office space near the Harvard Union by converting a former freshperson dorm at 8 Prescott St. into offices for junior faculty in the English Department. Offices for the Literature and History and Literature concentrations are located next to the Union in Burr Hall...
...miles away and do not teach exclusively in one district. Adolescent daydreaming carries less of a penalty when students know they can view a lesson on tape. "We don't play the typical games," says David Benke, who teaches computer science to pupils from San Isidro, Texas, and Prescott, Iowa. "You've got to have a student who really wants to learn...