Word: preservationism
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The one-step-forward, two-steps-back shuffle was in full swing among New York environmentalists this week. Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference moved its legal and publicity battles against a proposed power project ahead as planned, while Harvard appeared ready to push back with devastating force.
Those indignant words were spoken over the years by Novelist Lawrence Durrell, author of The Alexandria Quartet. Despite Larry's best efforts, however, his younger brother Gerald went on to become one of the world's best-known and best-loved animal collectors, zookeepers and writers (My Family...
Perfect Preservation. As a result of the conscientious efforts of the Han Dynasty embalmers, Lady Li's body was in a remarkable state of preservation. Doctors who examined it discovered that the flesh was not dried like that of a mummy, but still moist. They also found the hair...
> Under the auspices of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, a Berkeley architecture major, Christopher Yip, is recording a neglected part of Americana by sketching outhouses in northern Virginia. His pay: $132 a week plus housing in a stable.
Mrs. Emma Wygal of La Habra, Calif., was owed some past-due payments on a land sale, and she asked a young local lawyer to collect them for her. He did, and charged her only $5 for his services. The year was 1939, and the fledgling attorney was Richard Nixon...