Word: refugee
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Now the bald eagle has come back in a big way. The number of breeding pairs hit 2,000 in 1988, and after it surpassed 4,000 last year, biologists said the bird could be dropped from the endangered-species list. Last week, in a ceremony timed to resonate with...
Dana reflects on her narrow escape. But she knows that her refuge in the shelter is only temporary. As the days go by, she grows increasingly resentful of her past, fearful of her present, and uncertain about her future. "I don't know when I'll be leaving, or where...
The presence of what may be ancient species is evidence that Vu Quang and its environs have been ecologically stable for millions of years. "With no fluctuations in climate," Arctander explains, "relic species can survive for a very long time." Both Arctander and Groves say that given the diversity of...
Richard Winters of Hershey, Pennsylvania, a first lieutenant in the 101st Airborne, came back to the outskirts of Ste.-Mere-Eglise and could identify every building, every wall, every swell of land where he had landed. Jesse Franklin of Concord, New Hampshire, a military policeman sent to Omaha Beach to...
I got my first kiss, if you could call it that,from a lanky Harvard Chemist I met at a folkdance. One rainy spring night on the Esplanade, wetook refuge under the bandshell. We talked forhours holding hands (this was getting serious!),and on Class Night under his brilliant porchlight...