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...preservationists." Many loggers never finished high school but followed their fathers and grandfathers into the woods. They rise in the dark at 3 or 4 in the morning, pull up their suspenders and adjust rough hide pads on their left shoulders. The pads cradle the saws and, like trivets, shield the men from the hot blades that would burn their flesh through their flannel shirts. Their pants legs are tattered so that if they are suddenly snagged, the material will tear rather than hold. They do not wear steel-tipped shoes for fear that if a massive limb falls...
Meanwhile, Yale University and at least one other school dropped out of the overlap groups this spring to shield themselves from further possible legal damage...
...know what your parents know, or much of what they understand, and less of what's in their hearts. This can save you from becoming an adult too early, save your life from becoming only theirs lived over again -- which is a loss. But to shield yourself -- as I didn't do -- seems to be an even greater error, since what's lost is the truth of your parents' life and what you should think about it, and beyond that, how you should estimate the world you are about to live...
...prodigious rate -- fast enough to fill a 30-volume encyclopedia in 42 minutes. Moreover, the Hubble will literally view the stars in a new light: the space observatory can see ultraviolet radiation that fails to reach ground telescopes because it is largely blocked by the earth's ozone shield...
...mugs display an image of the Earth with "Earth Day--Every Day" surrounding it, and substitute "GA-I-A" in the "VE-RI-TAS" shield in honor of the Greek earth goddess. Upon returning to their dorms, the dedicated first-years wash out their mugs and ready them for the next meal...