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...Mary, Leakey spent much of his childhood on his parents' fossil-hunting expeditions, developing a love of the outdoors and a marked independent streak. After leaving school at 16, he at first rejected anything to do with fossils and archaeology for fear of being trapped in his parents' shadow. But by the time Leakey was in his late 20s, his team was making important finds. He wrote books on the origin of mankind and headed the National Museums of Kenya before turning to wildlife conservation...
...raised if Congress is ever going to do its books without all the tricks." After all, even a phantom month has to be paid for eventually; putting off the hurt only magnifies the problem for next time. But without those spending caps intact, the surplus is a shadow of its former self ? and that means no tax cut for the GOP, no prescription-drug plan or new teachers for Clinton. No election-year goodies. No wonder they want to delay the tough decisions until...
Working with leaders who govern with a palpable tyrannical manner is, obviously, not without its faults. The failed policy of appeasement has left a long shadow: 60 years ago this month Great Britain and France learned that working with Hitler and overlooking violations of international law might mean helping to ensure their own demise. Clearly, discretion must be used to know when and how negotiation will work and when it is simply too late...
...latest edition of Mikhail Baryshnikov's permanent floating modern-dance troupe teams the world's greatest living dancer with five talented women, none of whom get lost in his long shadow. Raquel Aedo shares center stage with her boss in a new pas de deux by Lucy Guerin, an Australian choreographer whose work first caught Baryshnikov's eye three years ago. The combination is potent: Soft Center is a laconic, coolly sensuous duet accompanied by a raspy electronic-music collage with a snippet of Paul Hindemith's mournful Trauermusik stuck in the middle (hence the title). Guerin is a major...
...bookish, nerdy, chubby kid with few friends and a first name that drew plenty of scorn. "He would not be called Buford," says neighbor and classmate Merrill, who says Furrow preferred the name Neal. At Timberline High School in Lacey, Wash., she adds, "he was kind of like a shadow. He didn't make an impression." Still, by Merrill's account, Furrow was curious and bright enough to go on to community college after an aborted stint in the Army (he was honorably discharged because of a bad knee). He studied engineering and then landed a series of solid jobs...