Word: river
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...neat picture of him as movie-star chump by directing and co-writing a crackling little detective film about child abduction, Gone Baby Gone. In poker, this is known as going all in. First, the movie is an adaptation of a novel by Dennis Lehane, who also wrote Mystic River, which Clint Eastwood put on film to much critical acclaim. Comparisons are inevitable. Second, the movie features imperiled children, spectacularly vulgar language and the urban poor of Boston, none of which scream must-see. Third, he cast his younger brother Casey as the lead, a private detective hired to find...
Nature can be cruel, but sometimes it gets some help. The Mara River was especially high this year, after the heavy rains that flooded parts of Africa, killing hundreds of people and uprooting thousands more. Climatologists are pointing to the downpours as proof that predictions that Africa will suffer the most from global warming and climate change are already coming true. The human toll is what makes all the headlines, but the consequences for Africa's wildlife is just as drastic...
...protected areas," says Teferi. During a very dry dry season, that could mean having an area of backup grass that's opened to the wildlife only if they absolutely need it. Or, in a very wet wet season, creating an alternative migration route across a shallower part of the river. "That way, if one area is badly affected, animals have the opportunity to move to another area," says Teferi...
...Beyond alienating Harvard’s largest undergraduate concentration from its professors and teaching fellows, postponing renovation of the building is driving promising graduate students down the river to rival MIT, professors...
...pretty well as a team,” Powers said. “The conditions were pretty challenging the whole weekend, because they were light and choppy, and there’s never really chop on the Charles River, so we’re not used to practicing in that...