Word: raine
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Another area Cook says he wishes to focus on is the greater awareness of the problems of deforestation of rain forests and the preservation of plants from areas that may be deforested soon...
...arboretum is involved in several conservation projects, one of them collecting plants from rain forests in Southeat Asia before they disappear. This project, funded by a grant from the National Geographic Society, is being done with help with the Herbarium Bogoriense, the national herbarium of Indonesia, the Sarallka and National Museum of the Philippines, as well as herbariums in Thailand and Paupau New Guinea...
...arboretum also has faculty studying rain forests and the evolution of their complex biological makeup. Cook says he wants to "focus on work at the arboretum on biodiversity and the loss of rain forests. We should be supporting efforts by various departments more and using our resources more to support that kind of effort...
...outdoor season-opener, the Harvard track team weathered the cold and rain to sweep the men's and women's competition against North-eastern last weekend...
...Crimson was led by Captain Terry Murray, the only senior on the inexperienced, sophomore-dominated squad. Murray shot a four-over-par 76 in the icy rain to tie the Elis' Chip Arndt for fourth place...