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What really fascinates scientists about the fishapod is that it fits so neatly into one of the most exciting chapters in the history of life--when creatures that swam in seas and rivers gave rise to things that walked, ran and crept on land. The fishapod appears to be a crucial link in the long chain that over time led to amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, birds and mammals. Indeed, Tiktaalik roseae, the official name bestowed on the fishapod (in the language of the local Inuit, tiktaalik means "large fish in stream"), falls anatomically between the lobe-finned fish Panderichthys, found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Our Cousin The Fishapod | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

...Arthur continues his Anglophilic tradition of delivering comedies involving the British, following past productions such as “No Sex Please, We’re British” and “Whose Wife Is It Anyway?” Hidden away in Jewett Hall Theater, the play ran this past weekend and will run again April...

Author: By Jennifer Y. Kan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Accents Trip Up Arthur’s Foreigner | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

...counterpart “for black boys who have considered homicide when the streets were too much” by Kieth Antar Mason. This staging, produced by Miles A. Johnson ’08, Shawna J. Strayhorn ’07, and Kimberly D. Williams ’07, ran at the Loeb Ex from April 6–8.These final lines had the feeling of a revelation—something arrived at through the characters’ struggle and growth. This was not necessarily the case: instead of presenting an overall arc, “rainbow/streets...

Author: By Elisabeth J. Bloomberg, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Convincing Cast More Than 'enuf' | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

Befitting a tactician and power broker who once ran the Capitol with equal parts guile and muscle, DeLay did it his way as he prepared to leave public life. He shunned the weepy contrition deployed by disgraced predecessors over the years and instead went out pummeling. He threatened to make one of his last acts an ethics complaint against Representative Cynthia McKinney, who later apologized for striking a Capitol Police officer. He said conservatives needed a new leader. He accused Democrats of "criminalizing politics." He said lobbying reform would be a sop to "the left." Although he has been indicted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside Tom DeLay's Head | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...offensive explosions, easily tamed the Lions (7-23, 4-8) en route to wins by 13-5 and 8-1 finals. Seniors Javier Castellanos and Matt Brunnig both turned in strong outings from the hill and the Harvard hitters, with a pair of Steffan Wilson home runs thrown in, ran wild on the basepaths, leaving little doubt of a Sunday sweep.HARVARD 8, COLUMBIA 1The Crimson hung a five-spot on Columbia in the bottom of the first and Brunnig took it most of the way from there, prevailing tidily in the nightcap. After loading the bases with...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A Call to Arms | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

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