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...updated story, though, Noah is not the skipper of the rescue project. Instead, it's the name given in advance to the clone of a dead gaur, an endangered wild ox found in India, Bangladesh and Southeast Asia. The new Noah is expected to be born any day now to Bessie, a cow living on a farm near Sioux City, Iowa. Cows have given birth to gaurs before, but this is the first time that one animal species is acting as surrogate mother to a clone--an exact genetic duplicate--of a different species. "The gaur is developing well," says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Noah's New Ark | 1/8/2001 | See Source »

...Stengel had switched to managing and changed into pinstripes. He won his first of five Subway Series as a skipper that year, when his Yankees beat the Dodgers four games to one, and his last in '56, when the Bombers beat the Bums 4-3. The Dodgers left Brooklyn for Los Angeles in 1958, but in 1962 Queens got the Mets. And who was the first manager of the Amazin's? Stengel, tying things up nicely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Subway Series: Talkin' New Yawk | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

...left one thing out. We are a generation that grew up with Gilligan's Island. Survivor is like an extended version of Gilligan's Island. Who is Ginger? Who is the Skipper? Who is Mary Ann? CATHY SMALL Olivenhain, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jul. 17, 2000 | 7/17/2000 | See Source »

...banks before we were even off the mooring and our little craft was buffeted by the gusting winds. My confidence was as shaken--the only thing keeping me from running away was the trusting smile of my MP. He didn't seem to notice that I was the youngest skipper, the only woman and American, but it was clear to me from the minute I entered the room, an outsider...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: Class Conflict on the Thames | 6/30/2000 | See Source »

Mattel could even expand Campaign 2000 in the future by giving Barbie an opponent who supports a different political agenda. Skipper could be her running mate. And once Barbie is elected in November--she'll obviously win--Mattel could manufacture her own presidential accessories. Instead of a "Dream House" she could have her own White House, complete with Rose Garden and Oval Office. Instead of a pink corvette, she could have an Air Force...

Author: By Allison A. Melia, | Title: Madame President | 5/15/2000 | See Source »

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